title: iPS cells: insights into basic biology.
abstract: The discovery that adult somatic cells can be induced to become pluripotent by overexpression of a few key transcription factors provides an exciting new window into the basic biology of pluripotency and differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ob/Gyn, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0525, USA. mrsantos@diabetes.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramalho-Santos
mesh_terms: D053687:Adult Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D065150:Cellular Reprogramming; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks; D006801:Humans; D039904:Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*
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