Direct transdifferentiation in the vertebrate retina

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-206

  Opas, Michal ^a   Dziak, Ewa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Differentiation; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CLONE CELLS; DNA; RETINA; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0031951493     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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