Single cell lineage analysis of mouse embryonic stem cells at the exit from pluripotency

Biology Open

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1049-1056

  Trott, Jamie ^a,b   Arias, Alfonso Martinez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Lineage priming; Mouse embryonic stem cells; Pluripotency; Single cell analysis; Transcription factor networks; Wnt catenin signalling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979502917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20135934     Document Type: Article

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