Stem cells as probabilistic self-producing entities

BioEssays

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1013-1016

  Ramalho Santos, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CELL BASED GENE THERAPY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 4644249483     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20053     Document Type: Review

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