Medaka cleavage embryos are capable of generating ES-like cell cultures

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 418-425

  Li, Zhendong ^a   Bhat, Narayani ^a   Manali, Dwarakanath ^a   Wang, Danke ^a   Hong, Ni ^a   Yi, Meisheng ^a   Ge, Ruowen ^a   Hong, Yunhan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blastula; Cleavage; Morula; Stem cell culture; Totipotency

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; ORYZIINAE;

EID: 79955763635     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.7.418     Document Type: Article

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