Functional activity of the carboxyl-terminally extended oxytocin precursor peptide during cardiac differentiation of embryonic stem cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-54

  Gassanov, Natig ^a,b   Devost, Dominic ^c   Danalache, Bogdan ^b   Noiseux, Nicolas ^b   Jankowski, Marek ^b   Zingg, Hans H ^c   Gutkowska, Jolanta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Embryonic stem cells; Gene transfer; Growth factors

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CONNEXIN 43; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 2; NEUROPHYSIN; OXYTOCIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEART; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; OXYTOCIN; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 38348998505     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-0289     Document Type: Article

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