Embryonic stem cell differentiation: Emergence of a new era in biology and medicine

Genes and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1129-1155

  Keller, Gordon ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Ectoderm; Embryonic development; Endoderm; ES cells; Mesoderm

Indexed keywords

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; BIOLOGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE; GENOME; HUMAN; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE THERAPY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 18844396119     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1303605     Document Type: Review

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