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Chicken Serum

USA origin, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture

Synonym(s):

chicken sera

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
12352207
NACRES:
NA.71

biological source

chicken

Quality Level

sterility

sterile-filtered

form

liquid

composition

hemoglobin, ≤60 mg/dL

origin

USA origin

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable

impurities

≤50 EU/mL endotoxin

shipped in

dry ice

storage temp.

−20°C

Application

Chicken Serum has been used:
  • for pellet resuspension following centrifugation, to prepare zymosan suspension for respiratory burst assay
  • as a supplement to Dulbecco′s modified Eagle′s medium (DMEM) to culture HeLa P cells
  • for blocking in immunofluorescence (IF) double-staining

Chicken serum is used in parasitology to study excystation, growth, survival and egg production of the microphallid trematode Maritrema novaezealandensis. Chicken serum is used for the serial cultivation of chicken keratinocytes.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Animal sera serve as a cost-effective alternative to basal cell culture media supplement. They are commonly used in immunodetection protocols such as immunohistochemistry (IHC), immunocytochemistry (ICC), and western blot to block nonspecific binding. Chicken serum is suitable for use in parasitology to study excystation, growth, survival, and egg production of the microphallid trematode Maritrema novaezealandensis. It is used for the serial cultivation of chicken keratinocytes.

Analysis Note

Endotoxin tested

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Géraldine Rouquet et al.
Journal of bacteriology, 191(13), 4427-4440 (2009-04-21)
We identified a carbohydrate metabolic operon (frz) that is highly associated with extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) strains. The frz operon codes for three subunits of a phosphoenolpyruvate:carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS) transporter of the fructose subfamily, for a transcriptional activator
In vitro cultivation of Maritrema novaezealandensis (Microphallidae): the effect of culture medium on excystation, survival and egg production.
Fredensborg BL, Poulin R.
Parasitology Research, 95, 10-13 (2005)
Tom W Anderson et al.
Molecular biology of the cell, 19(11), 5006-5018 (2008-09-19)
In migrating fibroblasts actomyosin II bundles are graded polarity (GP) bundles, a distinct organization to stress fibers. GP bundles are important for powering cell migration, yet have an unknown mechanism of formation. Electron microscopy and the fate of photobleached marks
Amandine Vanhoutteghem et al.
Differentiation; research in biological diversity, 72(4), 123-137 (2004-05-26)
The epidermis of birds differs from that of mammals by the presence of intracellular lipid droplets and the absence of sebaceous glands. We describe here the cultivation of chicken epidermal keratinocytes; these cells cannot be grown in medium supplemented with
Marc A J Morgan et al.
PloS one, 8(2), e56738-e56738 (2013-02-19)
The spontaneous destruction of insulin producing pancreatic beta cells in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice provides a valuable model of type 1 diabetes. As in humans, disease susceptibility is controlled by the classical MHC class II genes that guide CD4(+) T

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