Cloning from stem cells: Different lineages, different species, same story

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-94

  Oback, Björn ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Epigenetic reprogramming; Nuclear transfer

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CELL TYPE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEER; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HORN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; SKIN CELL; SOMATIC CELL; SPECIES COMPARISON; STEM CELL; SWINE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CLONING, ORGANISM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 57449097442     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD08212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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