Combining competition assays with genetic complementation strategies to dissect mouse embryonic stem cell self-renewal and pluripotency

Nature Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 729-748

  Lee, Dung Fang ^a   Su, Jie ^a   Sevilla, Ana ^a   Gingold, Julian ^a   Schaniel, Christoph ^a   Lemischka, Ihor R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84861774055     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2012.018     Document Type: Article

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