C-kit/CD117 cells from amniotic fluid and membranes and their cardiomyogenic potential

Circulation Research

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  De Coppi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TELOMERASE;

AMNION; AMNION FLUID; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CLONE; CELL SURFACE; CELL TYPE; FUSION GENE; KARYOTYPE; LETTER; MESENCHYME CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

AMNION; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

EID: 77957279525     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.110.227322     Document Type: Letter

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