STAT3 activation is sufficient to maintain an undifferentiated state of mouse embryonic stem cells

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 4261-4269

  Matsuda, Takahiko ^a   Nakamura, Takanori ^a,b   Nakao, Kazuki ^a   Arai, Takao ^b   Katsuki, Motoya ^a   Heike, Toshio ^a   Yokota, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ES cells; Estrogen receptor; gp130; LIF; STAT3

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYTAMOXIFEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 130; HYBRID PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STAT3 PROTEIN; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR GP130; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LYMPHOKINES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTAGENESIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STEM CELLS; TAMOXIFEN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033517123     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.15.4261     Document Type: Article

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