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Special Report

Directed Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation with Small Molecules

Shoutian Zhu1 Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N Torrey Pines Rd, SR 202, La Jolla, CA92037, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Heiko Wurdak1 Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N Torrey Pines Rd, SR 202, La Jolla, CA92037, USAView further author information
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Peter G Schultz1 Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N Torrey Pines Rd, SR 202, La Jolla, CA92037, USAView further author information
Pages 965-973 | Published online: 14 Jun 2010

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