Long-term culture of Japanese human embryonic stem cells in feeder-free conditions

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 27-33

  Navarro Alvarez, Nalú ^a   Soto Gutierrez, Alejandro ^a   Yuasa, Takesui ^a   Yamatsuji, Tomoki ^a   Shirakawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Nagasaka, Takeshi ^a   Sun D, Sheng ^a   Javed, Muhammad Shahid ^a   Tanaka, Noriaki ^a   Kobayashi, Naoya ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF); Human ES cells; Undifferentiation

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MATRIGEL; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 42249092083     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/000000008783906900     Document Type: Conference Paper

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