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Alkaline phosphatase-positive colony formation is a sensitive, specific, and quantitative indicator of undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells.
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) - 1 May 2008
O'Connor Michael D, Kardel Melanie D, Iosfina Ioulia, Youssef David, Lu Min, Li Michael M, Vercauteren Suzanne, Nagy Andras, Eaves Connie J
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Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) can be maintained in vitro as immortal pluripotent cells but remain responsive to many differentiation-inducing signals. Investigation of the initial critical events involved in differentiation induction would be greatly facilitated if a specific, robust, and quantitative assay for pluripotent hESCs with self-renewal potential were available. Here we describe the results of a...
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