MouseEmbryonicFibroblasts(MEF)areusedtosupportthegrowthofundifferentiatedmouseorhumanESandiPScells.TheyprovidebothasubstratefortheEScellstogrowonandsecretemanyfactorsnecessaryforEScellstomaintainpluripotency.MEFcellsareisolatedfrommouseembryosandareusedattheirearlypassages.Thesecellshavebeenmitomycintreatedtopreventfurthercelldivisionpriortocryopreservation.
MEFcellsfromSciencellResearchLaboratoriesareisolatedfromE14mouseembryos.ThesecellsarecryopreservedatP3aftermitomycinCtreatmentanddeliveredfrozen.Eachvialcontains1x10^6cellsin1mlvolume.MEF-mtarecharacterizedbyimmunofluorescentimagingusingantibodiestofibronectin.MEF-mtarenegativeformycoplasma,bacteria,yeastandfungi.
RecommendedMedium
ItisrecommendedtouseDMEM(Cat.#09221)supplementedwith10%fetalbovineserum(FBS,Cat.#0010,0025,0500)forculturingMEF-mtinvitro.
Specifications:
CatalogNo. | M7540-mt |
CountryofManufacture | UnitedStates |
ProductCode | MEF-mt |
Size/Quantity | 1x10^6cells/vial |
ProductUse | MEFareusedasafeederlayerinmouseandhumanpluripotentstemcellculture.Theyareforresearchuseonly.Theyarenotapprovedforhumanoranimaluse,orforapplicationininvitrodiagnosticprocedures. |
Storage | Uponreceiving,directlyandimmediatelytransferthecellsfromdryicetoliquidnitrogenandkeepthecellsinliquidnitrogenuntiltheyareneededforexperiments. |
ShippingInfo | Dryice. |
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