Characterization of pluripotent stem cells

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-253

  Martí, Mercè ^a   Mulero, Lola ^a   Pardo, Cristina ^a   Morera, Cristina ^a   Carrió, Meritxell ^a   Laricchia Robbio, Leopoldo ^a   Esteban, Concepcion Rodriguez ^a,b   Belmonte, Juan Carlos Izpisua ^a,b  

^a CENTER OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE IN BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CONNEXIN 43; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UVOMORULIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSS REACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNODETECTION; KARYOTYPING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; TERATOMA;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EMBRYOID BODIES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM LAYERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPING; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873373021     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2012.154     Document Type: Article

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