A new in vitro model for stem cell differentiation and interaction

Stem Cell Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-112

  Smits, Anke M ^a,b   van den Hengel, Lisa G ^b   van den Brink, Stieneke ^b   Metz, Corina H ^b   Doevendans, Pieter A ^b,c   Goumans, Marie José ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 (1 AZIRIDINYL) 2,4 DINITROBENZAMIDE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ENZYME; NITROREDUCTASE; PRODRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AZIRIDINES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENES, TRANSGENIC, SUICIDE; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; LAC OPERON; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROREDUCTASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 60649112634     PISSN: 18735061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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