Rho kinases regulate the renewal and neural differentiation of embryonic stem cells in a cell plating density-dependent manner.

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Published in PLoS One on February 12, 2010

Authors

Tzu-Ching Chang1, Yen-Chung Chen, Ming-Hua Yang, Chien-Hung Chen, En-Wei Hsing, Bor-Sheng Ko, Jun-Yang Liou, Kenneth K Wu

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1: Institute of Cellular and System Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.

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