Toward the isolation and culture of melanocyte stem cells

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2341-2343

  Lin, Sung Jan ^a,b,c,d   Chuong, Cheng Ming ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EMBRYO; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MELANOCYTE STEM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL EXPANSION; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

EID: 80855156774     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2011.311     Document Type: Note

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