Long-Term Culture of Human Embryonic Stem Cells in Feeder-Free Conditions

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-274

  Rosler, Elen S ^a   Fisk, Gregory J ^a   Ares, Ximena ^a   Irving, John ^a   Miura, Takumi ^b   Rao, Mahendra S ^b   Carpenter, Melissa K ^a,c  

^a GERON CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Embryonic stem cells; Human; Karyotype; Stability

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEM CELL; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MICE; MICE, SCID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TELOMERASE; TERATOMA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0942298178     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10430     Document Type: Article

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