Unravelling cellular relationships during development and regeneration using genetic lineage tracing

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2019, Pages 753-765

  Baron, Chloé S ^a,b,c   van Oudenaarden, Alexander ^a,b,c  

^a Oncode Institute Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^b HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL CYTOPLASMIC RNA;

CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL REGENERATION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CRISPR-CAS9 SYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; POLYLOX SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SLEEPING BEAUTY TRANSPOSON; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; REGENERATION;

EID: 85074758143     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41580-019-0186-3     Document Type: Review

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