Culture development for human embryonic stem cell propagation: Molecular aspects and challenges

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 568-576

  Rao, B M ^a   Zandstra, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELL CULTURE; CELLS;

EMBROYNIC STEM CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; MOLECULAR REGULATION; SIGNALLING PATHWAYS;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN NODAL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVINS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STEM CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 25844513530     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2005.08.001     Document Type: Review

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