c-kit cardiac progenitor cells: What is their potential?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 28, 2009, Pages

  Chimenti, Isotta ^a   Gaetani, Roberto ^a   Barile, Lucio ^a   Frati, Giacomo ^a   Messina, Elisa ^a   Giacomello, Alessandro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO CELL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; LETTER; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CROWS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67650886076     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903261106     Document Type: Letter

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