The Long-Term Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells into Cardiomyocytes: An Indirect Co-Culture Model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ou, Dong Bo ^a   Zeng, Di ^a   Jin, Yan ^b   Liu, Xiong Tao ^a   Teng, Ji Wei ^a   Guo, Wan Gang ^a   Wang, Hong Tao ^a   Su, Fei Fei ^a   He, Yong ^a   Zheng, Qiang Sun ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOID BODY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; KERATINOCYTE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; MICE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 84873826015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055233     Document Type: Article

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