Regulatory principles of pluripotency: From the ground state up

Cell Stem Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 416-430

  Hackett, Jamie A ^a,b   Azim Surani, M ^a,b  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

CELL FATE; CELL RENEWAL; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; DNA MODIFICATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84918528600     PISSN: 19345909     EISSN: 18759777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2014.09.015     Document Type: Review

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