Systems biology provides new insights into the molecular mechanisms that control the fate of embryonic stem cells

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-34

  Mallanna, Sunil K ^a,b   Rizzino, Angie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; PROTEOMICS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 80054958440     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22721     Document Type: Review

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