Experimental analysis of cell interactions during hemopoiesis

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 817-833

  Michurina, Tatyana V ^a   Khrushchov, Nikolai G ^a  

^a KOL TSOV INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cell interactions; Experimental models; Hemopoiesis; Hemopoietic cell differentiation; Stromal cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TYPE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENOTYPE; HEMATOPOIESIS; KIDNEY CELL; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; RATS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031472321     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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