Modeling Stem Cell Induction Processes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Grácio, Filipe ^a,b   Cabral, Joaquim ^a   Tidor, Bruce ^b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL REGENERATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIMULATION; STEM CELL;

CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84877248281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060240     Document Type: Article

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