Are you staining tissues with suspected tumors caused by the mouse mammary tumor VIRUS (MMTV) or just any type of mouse mammary tumor?

Kim




Date: 14 Dec 2000 11:32:41 -0600
From: "Jan Shivers" <shive003@maroon.tc.umn.edu> (by way of Histonet)
Subject: Re: mouse mammary tumor Ab

Chris (and any one else who might have some information),

I guess I should have been more clear in my request for mouse mammary tumor
Abs.  Yes, I assume that human cytokeratin Abs will cross-react with the
mouse tissue.  They have done so on all other species that I've used them on
here in the Vet Diag Lab.  What I need is an antibody specific for mammary
tumor, so that we can differentiate these tumors from salivary gland tumors,
etc.  I need to be able to say that it is more than just an epithelial
tumor, or even more than a glandular or ductual epithelial tumor.  Is there
such a beast that will work in mouse tissue?