Characterization of olfactory stem cells

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1673-1691

  Wetzig, Andrew ^b   Mackay Sim, Alan ^a   Murrell, Wayne ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Clonal cell type; Multipotent; Neurosphere; Olfactory; Rat; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL POPULATION; FEMALE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY NEURAL STEM CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR;

3T3-L1 CELLS; ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; NEURONS; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84856212668     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368911X576009     Document Type: Article

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