Human parthenogenetic embryonic strem cell-derived neural stem cells express HLA-G.
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE57932 | GEO | 2016/12/01
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA248449
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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