Morphological characterization of very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs) by ImageStream system analysis.

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Published in J Cell Mol Med on November 20, 2007

Authors

Ewa K Zuba-Surma1, Magdalena Kucia, Ahmed Abdel-Latif, Buddhadeb Dawn, Brian Hall, Rajesh Singh, James W Lillard, Mariusz Z Ratajczak

Author Affiliations

1: Stem Cell Biology Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA. mzrata01@louisville.edu

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