The Quest to Derive Keratinocytes from Pluripotent Stem Cells

Current Pathobiology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-128

  Rheinwald, James G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultured cells; Ectoderm; Embryonic; Epithelial; Keratin; p63

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914105954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2167485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40139-013-0015-x     Document Type: Article

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