Get to know your stem cells

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-49

  Momma, Stefan ^a   Johansson, Clas B ^a   Frisén, Jonas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NOTCH RECEPTOR;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LABELING; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPENDYMA CELL; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

EID: 0033970333     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(99)00056-2     Document Type: Review

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