BMP signaling initiates a neural crest differentiation program in embryonic rat CNS stem cells

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-223

  Gajavelli, Shyam ^a   Wood, Patrick M ^a   Pennica, Diane ^b   Whittemore, Scott R ^c   Tsoulfas, Pantelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic proteins; Cardiotrophin 1; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Neural crest; Neural stem cells; p21Cip1 WAF1; Peripheral glia; Smooth muscle; Smooth muscle actin; Sox10

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 6; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 5; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN P75; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GLIA CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLONE CELLS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GESTATIONAL AGE; NEURAL CREST; NEUROGLIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 3042706273     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2004.03.026     Document Type: Article

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