MethoCult™ SF M3436 is optimized for the growth and enumeration of primitive erythroid progenitor cells (BFU-E) in colony-forming unit (CFU) assays of mouse bone marrow, fetal liver, spleen, peripheral blood, and purified cells. MethoCult™ SF M3436 does not support the growth of granulocyte-macrophage progenitor cells (CFU-GM, CFU-G and CFU-M) or multipotential granulocyte, erythroid, macrophage, megakaryocyte progenitor cells (CFU-GEMM). This formulation is serum-free and compatible with STEMvision™ software for automated colony counting of mouse bone marrow CFU assays. MethoCult™ SF M3436 can also be used for growth and enumeration of BFU-E in CFU assays of rat bone marrow cells.
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