TY - JOUR
T1 - The ultrastructure of mouse embryonic stem cells
AU - Baharvand, Hossein
AU - Matthaei, Klaus Ingo
PY - 2003/10
Y1 - 2003/10
N2 - The fine structure of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cell colonies was analysed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Most of the ES cells had numerous microvilli of different lengths. Coated pits and vesicles were also seen along areas of the peripheral cytoplasm and plasma membranes. Junctional complexes including gap junctions were observed between adjacent ES cells. These cells had Golgi complexes, spherical to oval mitochondria, lysosomes and typical centrioles, microfilaments and microtubules and large nuclei containing reticulated nucleoli. These results are consistent with the ultrastructural features of undifferentiated cells.
AB - The fine structure of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cell colonies was analysed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Most of the ES cells had numerous microvilli of different lengths. Coated pits and vesicles were also seen along areas of the peripheral cytoplasm and plasma membranes. Junctional complexes including gap junctions were observed between adjacent ES cells. These cells had Golgi complexes, spherical to oval mitochondria, lysosomes and typical centrioles, microfilaments and microtubules and large nuclei containing reticulated nucleoli. These results are consistent with the ultrastructural features of undifferentiated cells.
KW - Embryonic stem cell
KW - Mouse
KW - Ultrastructure
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0141960277&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61873-1
DO - 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61873-1
M3 - Article
SN - 1472-6483
VL - 7
SP - 330
EP - 335
JO - Reproductive BioMedicine Online
JF - Reproductive BioMedicine Online
IS - 3
ER -