Germline and pluripotent stem cells

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Reik, Wolf ^a,b   Azim Surani, M ^b  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; BLASTOCYST; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; ZYGOTE;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENOMICS; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HISTONES; OOCYTES; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84899765736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a019422     Document Type: Article

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