Mesenchymal morphogenesis of embryonic stem cells dynamically modulates the biophysical microtissue niche

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kinney, Melissa A ^a   Saeed, Rabbia ^a   McDevitt, Todd C ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENETICS; MESODERM; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; MESODERM; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84896788794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04290     Document Type: Article

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