Clonal and population analyses demonstrate that an EGF-responsive mammalian embryonic CNS precursor is a stem cell

Developmental Biology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-13

  Reynolds, Brent A ^a,b   Weiss, Samuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NeuroSpheres Ltd 83HM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMBRYO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

EID: 0029983762     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0090     Document Type: Article

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