Nuclei of adult mammalian somatic cells are directly reprogrammed to oct-4 stem cell gene expression by amphibian oocytes

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1206-1213

  Byrne, James A ^a   Simonsson, Stina ^a   Western, Patrick S ^a   Gurdon, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0038038205     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00462-7     Document Type: Article

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