Forced expression of the homeobox-containing gene Pem blocks differentiation of embryonic stem cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 481-496

  Fan, Yong ^a   Melhem, Mona F ^b,c   Chaillet, J Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; ES cell; Homeobox; Pem; Placenta

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOMEOBOX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

EID: 0033564117     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9279     Document Type: Article

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