Solving the "X" in embryos and stem cells

Stem Cells and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1215-1224

  Bermejo Alvarez, Pablo ^a   Ramos Ibeas, Priscila ^b   Gutierrez Adan, Alfonso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; CELL PROLIFERATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GASTRULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; HUMANS; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; STEM CELLS; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EUTHERIA; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84861992372     PISSN: 15473287     EISSN: 15578534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/scd.2011.0685     Document Type: Review

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