Localization of phosphatase activities on mouse teratocarcinoma embryoid bodies |
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Authors: | T Ishikawa H Seguchi |
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Institution: | Department of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA |
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Abstract: | Non-specific alkaline phosphatase and Mg2+-dependent adenosine triphosphatase activities were ultracytochemically investigated on embryoid bodies of murine teratocarcinomas, in order to find markers of endodermal cell differentiation of early embryonic cells. The former was localized mainly on the cell surface of inner embryonal carcinoma cells, as already shown by other workers, and weakly on the bound surface of outer endodermal cells of embryoid bodies. The latter, however, was found only on the outer free surface of endodermal cells and never on the surface of embryonal carcinoma cells. It suggests that Mg2+-dependent ATP activity might become the marker for early differentiation of embryonal carcinoma cells. |
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