From fibroblasts and stem cells: Implications for cell therapies and somatic cloning

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 125-134

  Kues, Wilfried A ^a   Carnwath, Joseph W ^a   Niemann, Heiner ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell fusion; Fate change; Lineage commitment; Reprogramming

Indexed keywords

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL CLONING; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SUBPOPULATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FIBROBLAST; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; INNER CELL MASS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW;

MURINAE;

EID: 12144256800     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/rd04118     Document Type: Review

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