Stepwise differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into retinal cells

Nature Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 811-824

  Osakada, Fumitaka ^a   Ikeda, Hanako ^a,b   Sasai, Yoshiki ^a   Takahashi, Masayo ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b Shiga Medical Center for Adults   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RETINA CELL; RETINA DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EYE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PRIMATES; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 66749139607     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2009.51     Document Type: Article

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