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Stem cell states, fates, and the rules of attraction

Tariq Enver1, Martin Pera, Carsten Peterson

  • 1The Molecular Haematology Unit, The Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford, UK.

Cell Stem Cell
|May 12, 2009
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