The stem cell identity of testicular cancer

Stem Cell Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-59

  Clark, Amander T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Embryonic stem cell; Germ cell tumor; Testis cancer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STEM CELL; CHROMOSOME 12; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PATHOLOGY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR GENE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, NEOPLASM; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34748925353     PISSN: 15508943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12015-007-0002-x     Document Type: Article

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