Pluripotential rabbit embryonic stem (ES) cells are capable of forming overt coat color chimeras following injection into blastocysts

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 439-443

  Schoonjans, Luc ^a,b   Albright, George M ^b   Li, Jai Ling ^b   Collen, Désiré ^a   Moreadith, Randall W ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Chimera; Embryonic stem cells; Pluripotential

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL GROWTH; CHIMERA; EMBRYO CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; MALE; RABBITS; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029856509     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199612)45:4<439::AID-MRD5>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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