Table II.
Percentage Contributions of α5 −/− Cells to Tissues of Chimeric Mice
| Chimeras Tissue | Percentage ES cell contribution to chimeras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control ES cells | α5 −/− ES cells | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Lung | 30 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 30 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Liver | 10 | 10 | 30 | 50 | 10 | 40 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 20 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Spleen | 60 | 50 | 30 | 50 | 80 | 50 | 30 | — | — | — | 10 | 50 | 60 | |||||||||||||
| Kidney | 60 | 50 | 50 | 80 | 30 | 30 | — | — | — | — | 20 | 40 | 50 | |||||||||||||
| Brain | 10 | 10 | — | — | 40 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| Gut | 50 | 50 | — | — | 40 | 30 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| Heart | 60 | 10 | 50 | 65 | 50 | — | 30 | — | — | 80 | 10 | 50 | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Diaphragm | 10 | 10 | 5 | 60 | 50 | 50 | — | — | — | 5 | — | 40 | 70 | |||||||||||||
| Limb muscle | 90 | 90 | 30 | 80 | 80 | 90 | 90 | 80 | 90 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | |||||||||||||
| Pectoral muscle | 90 | 90 | — | 80 | 90 | 90 | — | 80 | 90 | 80 | — | 80 | 80 | |||||||||||||
| Coat color* | 95 | 90 | 40 | 98 | 90 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 90 | 90 | 98 | 95 | |||||||||||||
Judged by eye; —, not done.