RNA-binding proteins in pluripotency, differentiation, and reprogramming

Frontiers in Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 389-409

  Guallar, Diana ^a   Wang, Jianlong ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

differentiation; embryonic stem cell; lncRNA; pluripotency; RNA binding protein; somatic cell reprogramming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908399635     PISSN: 16747984     EISSN: 16747992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-014-1326-y     Document Type: Review

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