Molecular mechanism involved in the maintenance of pluripotent stem cells

Pluripotent Stem Cells

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 47-79

  Wong, Raymond Ching Bong ^a   Donovan, Peter J ^a,b   Pébay, Alice ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d O'Brien Institute of Microsurgery   (Australia)

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