Specification of motoneurons from human embryonic stem cells

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-221

  Li, Xue Jun ^a,b   Du, Zhong Wei ^a,b   Zarnowska, Ewa D ^b   Pankratz, Matthew ^a   Hansen, Lauren O ^a   Pearce, Robert A ^b   Zhang, Su Chun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; ENZYMES; NEUROLOGY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; NEUROECTODERMAL CELLS; REGION-SPECIFICATION PROJECTION NEURONS;

CELL CULTURE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MYOTUBE; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRETINOIN;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 13844271605     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1063     Document Type: Article

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