Engineering the embryoid body microenvironment to direct embryonic stem cell differentiation

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-51

  Bratt Leal, Andrés M ^a   Carpenedo, Richard L ^a   McDevitt, Todd C ^a,b  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Embryoid body; Embryonic stem cells; Microenvironment; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYOID BODY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; MICROENVIRONMENT; MORPHOGENESIS;

CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTROSLAG PROCESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELL CULTURE;

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 60849086260     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.139     Document Type: Article

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