A qPCR ScoreCard quantifies the differentiation potential of human pluripotent stem cells

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1182-1192

  Tsankov, Alexander M ^a,b,c   Akopian, Veronika ^a,c   Pop, Ramona ^a,c   Chetty, Sundari ^b,c   Gifford, Casey A ^a,b,c   Daheron, Laurence ^b   Tsankova, Nadejda M ^d,e   Meissner, Alexander ^a,b,c  

^a BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^b HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Harvard University   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CULTURE CONDITIONS; DIRECTED DIFFERENTIATIONS; EMBRYOID BODY; GENE EXPRESSION SIGNATURES; PLURIPOTENCY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SMALL MOLECULES;

STEM CELLS;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYOID BODY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TERATOMA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYOID BODIES; HUMANS; MICE; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERATOMA;

EID: 84947290073     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3387     Document Type: Article

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