Gene expression variability as a unifying element of the pluripotency network

Stem Cell Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 365-377

  Mason, Elizabeth A ^a   Mar, Jessica C ^b   Laslett, Andrew L ^c   Pera, Martin F ^d   Quackenbush, John ^e   Wolvetang, Ernst ^a   Wells, Christine A ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; POU5F1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84924220347     PISSN: 22136711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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