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Multiple mesodermal lineage differentiation of Apodemus sylvaticus embryonic stem cells in vitro

Tao Wang1,2†, Frank F Mao1,2†, Wenyu Lai3, Weiqiang Li1,2, Weihua Yu1,2, Zifei Wang1,2, Lirong Zhang5, Jinli Zhang1, Jin Niu6, Xiuming Zhang1,2, Bruce T Lahn1,2 and Andy P Xiang1,2,4*

1 Center for Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, 74# Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, China

2 The Key Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Ministry of Education; Key Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

3 Department of Pediatric, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Yanjiang Xi Lu, Guangzhou 510120, China

4 Department of Biochemistry, Zhongshan Medical School, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

5 Department of Pathophysiology, Guangdong College of Pharmacy, Guangzhou, China

6 Bellaire High School, Houston, TX, USA

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BMC Cell Biology 2010, 11:42 doi:10.1186/1471-2121-11-42

Published: 19 June 2010

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Movie for the beating cells. At 21 days after plating, under cardiomyocyte differentiation conditions, beating cells in EB outgrowths were photographed by Olympus phase-contrast microscope.

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