OCT4 and NANOG are the key genes in the system of pluripotency maintenance in mammalian cells

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1377-1393

  Medvedev, S P ^a   Shevchenko, A I ^a   Mazurok, N A ^a   Zakian, S M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 57849104556     PISSN: 10227954     EISSN: 16083369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1022795408120016     Document Type: Article

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