Directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells towards anterior neural ectoderm cells using small molecules
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Alex Gutteridge
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-872 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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