Exploring the mechanisms of differentiation, dedifferentiation, reprogramming and transdifferentiation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Xu, Li ^a   Zhang, Kun ^a   Wang, Jin ^a,b  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; MARKER GENE; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR REPROGRAMMING; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84928206114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105216     Document Type: Article

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