Human embryonic stem cells: Prospects for development

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 5515-5525

  Pera, Martin F ^a   Trounson, Alan O ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MANIPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MESODERM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STEM CELLS;

PRIMATES;

EID: 10344238022     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01451     Document Type: Review

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