Neural differentiation of human embryonic stem cells at the ultrastructural level

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-90

  Mumaw, Jennifer L ^a   MacHacek, Dave ^b   Shields, John P ^c   Dodla, Mahesh C ^a   Dhara, Sujoy K ^a   Stice, Steve L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Animal and Dairy Science   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Embryonic stem cells; Human; Neural; Neural differentiation; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH PROMOTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; NEURONS;

EID: 77949333617     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927609991279     Document Type: Article

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