Project description:In order to determine the cell potency, by identification of genes responsible for pluri/multi potency, we performed a global gene expression profiling of MDSC isolated from five week old male wild type(WT), C57Bl6J and another hypertrophied musculature mouse genotype called myostatin null (Mstn-/-) mice using microarray analysis and compared this gene expression to that of a standard mouse ES cell line W4. Muscle derived stem cells (MDSC) were isolated from WT and Mstn null mice using an established preplate technique and compared with the gene expression signature of standard mouse ES cell line W4
