Primitive neural stem cells from the mammalian epiblast differentiate to definitive neural stem cells under the control of Notch signaling

Genes and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1806-1811

  Hitoshi, Seiji ^a,b,c   Seaberg, Raewyn M ^b   Koscik, Cheryl ^b   Alexson, Tania ^b   Kusunoki, Susumu ^a   Kanazawa, Ichiro ^a   Tsuji, Shoji ^a   Van Der Kooy, Derek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cell; Epiblast; Leukemia inhibitory factor; Neural stem cell; Neuroectoderm; Notch signaling

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; RETROVIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; RETROVIRIDAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 3543086157     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1208404     Document Type: Article

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