The neuronal differentiation potential of Ldb1-null mutant embryonic stem cells is dependent on extrinsic influences

Stem Cells

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1490-1495

  Hwang, Minyoung ^a   Gorivodsky, Marat ^b   Kim, Minjung ^b   Westphal, Heiner ^b   Geum, Dongho ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherent monolayer culture method; Embryoid body; Embryonic stem cells; Five stage method; Ldb1; Neuronal differentiation

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; PROTEIN; PROTEIN LDB1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LDB1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LDB1 GENE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NULL ALLELE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; FOREBRAIN; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 48649100970     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-1099     Document Type: Article

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