Engineering human embryonic stem cell differentiation

Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 243-262

  Korin, Natanel ^a   Levenberg, Shulamit ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ENGINEERING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; STEM CELLS;

CELL TYPES; CHEMICAL MATERIALS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENGINEERING ASPECTS; HUMAN DISEASE; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL; STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION; THERAPEUTIC POTENTIALS; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOMEDICINE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL THERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 35648931497     PISSN: 02648725     EISSN: 20465556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02648725.2007.10648102     Document Type: Article

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