Gene expression in human embryonic stem cell lines: unique molecular signature.

@article{Bhattacharya2004GeneEI,
  title={Gene expression in human embryonic stem cell lines: unique molecular signature.},
  author={Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Takumi Miura and Ralph Brandenberger and Josef Mejido and Yongquan Luo and Amy X Yang and Bharat H Joshi and Irene Ginis and R. Scott Thies and Michal Amit and Ian G. Lyons and Brian G. Condie and Joseph Itskovitz‐Eldor and Mahendra S. Rao and Raj K. Puri},
  journal={Blood},
  year={2004},
  volume={103 8},
  pages={
          2956-64
        }
}
Human embryonic stem (huES) cells have the ability to differentiate into a variety of cell lineages and potentially provide a source of differentiated cells for many therapeutic uses. However, little is known about the mechanism of differentiation of huES cells and factors regulating cell development. We have used high-quality microarrays containing 16 659 seventy-base pair oligonucleotides to examine gene expression in 6 of the 11 available huES cell lines. Expression was compared against… 
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