Small molecule-assisted, line-independent maintenance of human pluripotent stem cells in defined conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Frank, Stefan ^a   Zhang, Miao ^a   Schöler, Hans R ^a,b   Greber, Boris ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOMEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c CHEMICAL GENOMICS CENTRE OF THE MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; DORSOMORPHIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; REAGENT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINEAGE; CELL RENEWAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESODERM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84864458715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041958     Document Type: Article

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