The Rho-Rock-Myosin signaling axis determines cell-cell integrity of self-renewing pluripotent stem cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Harb, Nicole ^a   Archer, Trevor K ^b   Sato, Noboru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN II; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; RHO FACTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL RENEWAL; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOSIN TYPE II; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 51849115992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003001     Document Type: Article

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