Plastic adult stem cells: Will they graduate from the school of hard knocks?

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 599-603

  Alison, Malcolm R ^a,b   Poulsom, Richard ^a   Otto, William R ^a   Vig, Pamela ^a   Brittan, Mairi ^a   Direkze, Natalie C ^a   Preston, Sean L ^a   Wright, Nicholas A ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Cell fusion; Stem cells; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL CLONING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL REGENERATION; DONOR; EMBRYO CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CLONE CELLS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; REGENERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ANIMALIA; ASTEROIDEA; DINOSAURIA;

EID: 0037442989     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00269     Document Type: Review

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