Molecular mechanisms controlling the cell cycle in embryonic stem cells

Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 764-773

  Abdelalim, Essam M ^a,b,c  

^a Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ES cells; G1 phase; Pathway; Pluripotency; Self renewal

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; MICRORNA; PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 84892437838     PISSN: 26293269     EISSN: 26293277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12015-013-9469-9     Document Type: Article

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