A brief introduction to different cell types

Advances in Tissue Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 15-41

  Buttery, Lee ^a   Shakesheff, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult Somatic Stem Cell; Cell Sources; Differentiation; Embryonic Stem Cell; Stem Cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649878741     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9781848161832_0002     Document Type: Chapter

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