Nodal-dependent Cripto signaling promotes cardiomyogenesis and redirects the neural fate of embryonic stem cells

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 303-314

  Parisi, Silvia ^a   D'Andrea, Daniela ^a   Lago, Carmine T ^a   Adamson, Eileen D ^b   Persico, M Graziella ^a   Minchiotti, Gabriella ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocytes; Cripto; Differentiation; Neurons; Nodal signaling

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PUROMYCIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYOCARDIUM; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0242330138     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200303010     Document Type: Article

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