RNA Interference Enhanced Implants

Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages 145-165

  Andersen, Morten Østergaard ^a   Kjems, Jørgen ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adipogenic Differentiation; Osteogenic Differentiation; siRNA Delivery; Stem Cell Differentiation; Tissue Engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889669309     PISSN: 18682006     EISSN: 18682014     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/8415_2011_68     Document Type: Chapter

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