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Fate Mapping of Human Embryonic Stem Cells by Teratoma Formation
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Fate Mapping of Human Embryonic Stem Cells by Teratoma Formation

Published on: August 2, 2010

Endoderm-secreted factor stimulates growth of embryonal carcinoma stem cells

E L Germain, J W Littlefield

    In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology : Journal of the Tissue Culture Association
    |February 1, 1986
    PubMed

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