Activin-Nodal signaling is involved in propagation of mouse embryonic stem cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-65

  Ogawa, Kazuya ^a   Saito, Akira ^b   Matsui, Hisanori ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^b   Ohtsuka, Satoshi ^a   Shimosato, Daisuke ^a,c   Morishita, Yasuyuki ^b   Watabe, Tetsuro ^b   Niwa, Hitoshi ^a,c   Miyazono, Kohei ^b,d  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin Nodal; Embryonic stem cell; Propagation; Self renewal; Serum free; TGF superfamily signaling

Indexed keywords

4 [4 (1,3 BENZODIOXOL 5 YL) 5 (2 PYRIDINYL) 1H IMIDAZOL 2 YL]BENZAMIDE; ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN NODAL; SMAD6 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GROWTH INHIBITION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; BENZAMIDES; CELL DIVISION; CHIMERA; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DIOXOLES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD6 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN; TERATOMA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 33846798108     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03296     Document Type: Article

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