Lefty1 and Lefty2 control the balance between self-renewal and pluripotent differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells

Stem Cells and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 457-466

  Kim, Dae Kwan ^a   Cha, Young ^a   Ahn, Hee Jin ^a   Kim, Gwangil ^a   Park, Kyung Soon ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GERM LAYERS; LEFT-RIGHT DETERMINATION FACTORS; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN;

EID: 84894336914     PISSN: 15473287     EISSN: 15578534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/scd.2013.0220     Document Type: Article

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