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We thank Ellen Beasley, Melissa Carpenter, Dennis Gilbert, Joseph D. Gold, Calvin Harley, Greg Fisk, Gregg Morin and Catherine Priest for valuable discussions and Michael G. Walker for help with the statistical analysis. We acknowledge Jakyoung Agnew, Jerrod Denham, Kathaleen Golds, Robert Holt, Margaret Inokuma, Karen Ketchum, Michael Mok, Steven Rabkin and Tim Stockwell for expert technical assistance.

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1. Sally Zhang
   Present address: Transplantation Immunology, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
2. Shirley Lei
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3. Jaji Murage
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4. Rixun Fang & Karl Guegler
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5. Lawrence W Stanton
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   Ralph Brandenberger, Henry Wei, Sally Zhang, Shirley Lei, Jaji Murage, Gregory J Fisk, Yan Li, Chunhui Xu, Ramumkar Mandalam, Jane Lebkowski & Lawrence W Stanton
2. Celera Genomics, 45 West Gude Drive, Rockville, 20850, Maryland, USA
   Rixun Fang & Karl Guegler
3. National Institute on Aging, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, 21224, Maryland, USA
   Mahendra S Rao
4. Transplantation Immunology, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
   Shirley Lei, Jaji Murage, Rixun Fang, Karl Guegler & Lawrence W Stanton
5. UCSF School of Dentistry, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S-630, San Francisco, California, 94143-0430, USA
   Sally Zhang, Jaji Murage, Rixun Fang, Karl Guegler & Lawrence W Stanton
6. Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University, 269 Campus Drive, CCSR 3230, Stanford, California, 94305, USA
   Sally Zhang, Shirley Lei, Rixun Fang, Karl Guegler & Lawrence W Stanton
7. Applied Biosystems, 850 Lincoln Centre Drive, Foster City, California, 94404, USA
   Sally Zhang, Shirley Lei, Jaji Murage & Lawrence W Stanton
8. Genome Institute of Singapore, 60 Biopolis Street, Singapore, 138672
   Sally Zhang, Shirley Lei, Jaji Murage, Rixun Fang & Karl Guegler

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Brandenberger, R., Wei, H., Zhang, S. et al. Transcriptome characterization elucidates signaling networks that control human ES cell growth and differentiation.Nat Biotechnol 22, 707–716 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt971

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• Received: 07 August 2003
• Accepted: 23 March 2004
• Published: 16 May 2004
• Issue Date: 01 June 2004
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt971