The ultrastructure of mouse embryonic stem cells

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 330-335

  Baharvand, Hossein ^a   Matthaei, Klaus Ingo ^b  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cell; Mouse; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CENTRIOLE; COATED PIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GAP JUNCTION; GOLGI COMPLEX; LYSOSOME; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEM CELL;

EID: 0141960277     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61873-1     Document Type: Article

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