Changes in gene expression at the precursor → stem cell transition in leech

Stem Cells

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 514-521

  Hohenstein, Kristi A ^a   Shain, Daniel H ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential display; Embryonic stem cell; Invertebrate Teloblast; Mesoderm; Multipotency; Neuroectoderm

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN RAD1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HYPOTHESIS; LEECH; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN FAMILY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA; THEROMYZON; THEROMYZON TRIZONARE;

EID: 3543047957     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.22-4-514     Document Type: Article

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