Up-scaling single cell-inoculated suspension culture of human embryonic stem cells

Stem Cell Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-179

  Singh, Harmeet ^a   Mok, Pamela ^a,b   Balakrishnan, Thavamalar ^a,c   Rahmat, Siti Norfiza Binte ^a,d   Zweigerdt, Robert ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^d AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^e HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 4; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEAT SHOCK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EMBRYO; HUMAN TISSUE; INOCULATION; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE;

AMIDES; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CADHERINS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PROTEOGLYCANS; PYRIDINES; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; STAGE-SPECIFIC EMBRYONIC ANTIGENS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77952429809     PISSN: 18735061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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