Cell-fusion-mediated reprogramming: Pluripotency or transdifferentiation? Implications for regenerative medicine

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 713, Issue , 2011, Pages 137-159

  Sanges, Daniela ^a   Lluis, Frederic ^a   Cosma, Maria Pia ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; CELL PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN SALL4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL FUSION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; ELECTROFUSION (CELL); EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL FUSION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 79960960616     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0763-4_9     Document Type: Article

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