MicroRNA-based conversion of human fibroblasts into striatal medium spiny neurons

Nature Protocols

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1543-1555

  Richner, Michelle ^a   Victor, Matheus B ^a   Liu, Yangjian ^a   Abernathy, Daniel ^a,b   Yoo, Andrew S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PROTEIN BCL XL;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CELL POPULATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEURONS;

EID: 84942525502     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2015.102     Document Type: Article

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