Decoding the pluripotency network: The emergence of new transcription factors

Biomedicines

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-78

  Lee, Kai Chuen ^a   Wong, Wing Ki ^a   Feng, Bo ^a,b  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cell; Pluripotency; Transcription factor; Transcriptional network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948980377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22279059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines1010049     Document Type: Review

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