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Maternal germ-line transmission of mutant mtDNAs from embryonic stem cell-derived chimeric mice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Dec 2000
Sligh J E, Levy S E, Waymire K G, Allard P, Dillehay D L, Nusinowitz S, Heckenlively J R, MacGregor G R, Wallace D C
Abstract excerpt
We report a method for introducing mtDNA mutations into the mouse female germ line by means of embryonic stem (ES) cell cybrids. Mitochondria were recovered from the brain of a NZB mouse by fusion of synaptosomes to a mtDNA-deficient (rho degrees ) cell line. These cybrids were enucleated and the cytoplasts were electrofused to rhodamine-6G (R-6G)-treated female ES cells. The resulting ES cell cybrids permitted...
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