MicroRNA control of mouse and human pluripotent stem cell behavior

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 213-239

  Greve, Tobias S ^a   Judson, Robert L ^a   Blelloch, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

embryonic stem cells; epiblast; ESCC; induced pluripotent stem cells; reprogramming

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DGCR8 GENE; DICER GENE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE EMBRYO; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; ANIMAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICRORNAS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 84884988122     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: 15308995     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-101512-122343     Document Type: Review

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