Chromatin organization and differentiation in embryonic stem cell models

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 132-138

  Giadrossi, Sara ^a   Dvorkina, Maria ^a   Fisher, Amanda G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANTIBODY LABELING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA METHYLATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34147185574     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2007.02.012     Document Type: Review

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