Efficient differentiation of human embryonic stem cells to definitive endoderm

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1534-1541

  D'Amour, Kevin A ^a   Agulnick, Alan D ^a   Eliazer, Susan ^a   Kelly, Olivia G ^a   Kroon, Evert ^a   Baetge, Emmanuel E ^a  

^a Georgia Biobusiness Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERIVATIVES; GENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM (HES) CELLS; VERTEBRATE GASTRULATION;

CELL CULTURE;

ACTIVIN A; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DYNAMICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDODERM; HUMANS; MICE; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 28644448149     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1163     Document Type: Article

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