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Review
. 2002 Nov;3(5):612-3.
doi: 10.1016/s1534-5807(02)00329-5.

Portrait of a stem cell

Caroline Erter Burns  1 , Leonard I Zon
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Portrait of a stem cell

Caroline Erter Burns et al. Dev Cell. 2002 Nov.
Free article

Abstract

There is great enthusiasm for the potential use of stem cells in treating tissue degenerative disorders, but little is known about the intrinsic molecular programs defining self-renewal and differentiation. New data sets produced by transcriptional profiling of purified stem cell populations begin to establish the nature of "stemness."

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