The origins of human embryonic stem cells: A biological conundrum

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 188, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 9-22

  Brink, Thore C ^a   Sudheer, Smita ^a   Janke, Doreen ^a   Jagodzinska, Justyna ^a   Jung, Marc ^a   Adjaye, James ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

ERK MAPK; FGF signaling; Human embryonic stem cells; Inner cell mass; Insulin signaling; Integrin dependent signaling; PI3K AKT; Primordial germ cells; SEMA7A

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CUB AND ZONA PELLUCIDA LIKE DOMAIN 1 PROTEIN; H1 HISTONE FAMILY MEMBER O OOCYTE SPECIFIC PROTEIN; MEMBRANE SPANNING 4 DOMAINS SUBFAMILY A MEMBER 7 PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE 10; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN; PROTEIN HRMT1L4; PROTEIN SGCA; PROTEIN TEX11; SEMAPHORIN 7A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EOMES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ADAPTATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BLASTOCYST INNER CELL MASS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HMGB PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 46949093238     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112843     Document Type: Conference Paper

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