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Loriana Vitillo1, Susan J Kimber1

  • 1Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9PT UK.

Current Stem Cell Reports
|November 28, 2017
PubMed
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Keywords:
FAKHuman embryonic stem cellsIntegrin signalingPluripotency networksPluripotent stem cellsStem cell niche

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