Cell-cell interaction modulates neuroectodermal specification of embryonic stem cells

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 438, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-195

  Parekkadan, Biju ^a,b   Berdichevsky, Yevgeny ^a   Irimia, Daniel ^a   Leeder, Avrum ^a   Yarmush, Gabriel ^a   Toner, Mehmet ^a,b   Levine, John B ^a   Yarmush, Martin L ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Embryonic stem cell; Microfabricated cell pairs; Neuroectodermal differentiation

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CONNEXIN 43; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FOREBRAIN; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CONNEXIN 43; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; MICE; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 43849110131     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.03.094     Document Type: Article

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