Fgd5 identifies hematopoietic stem cells in the murine bone marrow

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 211, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1315-1331

  Gazit, Roi ^a,b   Mandal, Pankaj K ^a,b   Ebina, Wataru ^a,b   Ben Zvi, Ayal ^c   Nombela Arrieta, César ^b   Silberstein, Leslie E ^b,d   Rossi, Derrick J ^a,b,c,d  

^a Harvard University   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; FGD5 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LABELING; CELL LINEAGE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HETEROZYGOSITY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

ALLELES; ALLOGRAFTS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 84903790194     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20130428     Document Type: Article

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