Organoids and the genetically encoded self-assembly of embryonic stem cells

BioEssays

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 181-191

  Turner, David A ^a   Baillie Johnson, Peter ^a   Martinez Arias, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Organoids; Positional information; Reaction diffusion; Self assembly; Self organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGAN; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGANOIDS;

EID: 84956636989     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201500111     Document Type: Article

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