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M3817

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MegaCell™ RPMI-1640 Medium

without L-glutamine, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture

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UNSPSC Code:
12352207
NACRES:
NA.75

Quality Level

500

sterility

sterile-filtered

form

liquid

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable

impurities

endotoxin, tested

components

L-glutamine: no

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

2-8°C

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General description

MegaCell™ is a line of versatile media, formulated to significantly reduce the amount of serum required for cultivating mammalian cells in vitro. It is effective as a basal formulation for the growth and maintenance of adherent or suspension cell lines. When supplemented with 3% fetal bovine serum (FBS), MegaCell supports proliferative rates and maximal cell densities comparable, and in some cases superior, to the conventional basal formulation supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum.

Application

MegaCell™ RPMI-1640 Medium has been used:
  • as a component of the TSC medium for culturing trophoblast stem cells (TSC)
  • as a component of 25 ng/ml FGF4 and 1 g/ml heparin (TSF4H medium) for culturing TSCs
  • as a component of embryo-like structures (ETS) embryo medium and TS cell medium for culturing embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and TSCs

Reconstitution

Supplement with 4 mM L-glutamine (20 ml of 200 mM solution, G7513)

Legal Information

Sigma-Aldrich uses the MegaCell trademark pursuant to an agreement with Promega Corporation.
MegaCell is a trademark of Promega Corp.

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Regulatory Listings

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JAN Code

M3817-BULK:
M3817-VAR:
M3817-PH:
M3817-500ML:
M3817PROC:

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Sarah Ellys Harrison et al.
Nature protocols, 13(7), 1586-1602 (2018-07-11)
Mammalian embryogenesis requires the coordination of embryonic and extra-embryonic tissues to enable implantation into the uterus and post-implantation development to establish the body plan. Mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are a useful tool for studying pluripotent embryonic tissue in vitro.
Nina S Corsini et al.
Cell stem cell, 22(4), 543-558 (2018-04-07)
Stem cell-specific transcriptional networks are well known to control pluripotency, but constitutive cellular processes such as mRNA splicing and protein synthesis can add complex layers of regulation with poorly understood effects on cell-fate decisions. Here, we show that the RNA
Berna Sozen et al.
Developmental cell, 51(6), 698-712 (2019-12-18)
Mammalian blastocysts comprise three distinct cell lineages essential for development beyond implantation: the pluripotent epiblast, which generates the future embryo, and surrounding it the extra-embryonic primitive endoderm and the trophectoderm tissues. Embryonic stem cells can reintegrate into embryogenesis but contribute
Jinhong Meng et al.
PloS one, 6(3), e17454-e17454 (2011-03-17)
Stem cell transplantation is a promising potential therapy for muscular dystrophies, but for this purpose, the cells need to be systemically-deliverable, give rise to many muscle fibres and functionally reconstitute the satellite cell niche in the majority of the patient's

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