Culture parameters for stable expansion, genetic modification and germline transmission of rat pluripotent stem cells

Biology Open

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-65

  Blair, Kathryn ^a   Leitch, Harry G ^a,b   Mansfield, William ^a   Dumeau, Charles Étienne ^a   Humphreys, Peter ^a   Smith, Austin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2i; Chimaera; Embryonic germ cell; Embryonic stem cell; Germline transmission; Rat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865651952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.2011029     Document Type: Article

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