Embryonic stem cell lines from human blastocysts: Somatic differentiation in vitro

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 399-404

  Reubinoff, Benjamin E ^a,b   Pera, Martin F ^a   Fong, Chui Yee ^c   Trounson, Alan ^a   Bongso, Ariff ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Embryonic stem cell; Neural progenitor; Neuron; Oct 4

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, SCID; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PRIMATES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELLS; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0034101804     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/74447     Document Type: Article

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