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Stem Cells International
Volume 2010, Article ID 602068, 15 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/602068
Research Article

Alteration of Differentiation Potentials by Modulating GATA Transcription Factors in Murine Embryonic Stem Cells

Callinice D. Capo-chichi,1 Jennifer L. Smedberg,2 Malgorzata Rula,2 Emmanuelle Nicolas,2 Anthony T. Yeung,2 Richard F. Adamo,2 Andrey Frolov,3 Andrew K. Godwin,2 and Xiang-Xi Xu1

1Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1550 NW 10th Avenue (M877), Miami, FL 33156, USA
2Department of Medical Science, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
3Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA

Received 14 September 2009; Revised 23 December 2009; Accepted 12 February 2010

Academic Editor: Kenneth R. Boheler

Copyright © 2010 Callinice D. Capo-chichi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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