Expansion of undifferentiated murine embryonic stem cells as aggregates in suspension culture bioreactors

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3233-3245

  Cormier, Jaymi T ^a   Zur Nieden, Nicole I ^a   Rancourt, Derrick E ^a   Kallos, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; DISEASES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BIOREACTOR PROCESS; CULTURE SYSTEMS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS (ESC); REGENERATING TISSUES;

BIODIVERSITY;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CELL PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN NANOG; PROTEIN REX 1; REX PROTEIN; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLONY FORMATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEAR RATE; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD15; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOREACTORS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MURINAE;

EID: 33751563297     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.2006.12.3233     Document Type: Article

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