Modern genome-wide genetic approaches to reveal intrinsic properties of stem cells

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 249-253

  De Haan, Gerald ^a   Gerrits, Alice ^a   Bystrykh, Leonid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genetical genomics; Genome wide; Hematopoietic stem cell; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

BINDING SITE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33747886548     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: 15317048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moh.0000231422.00407.be     Document Type: Review

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