Functional consequences of overexpressing the gap junction Cx43 in the cardiogenic potential of pluripotent human embryonic stem cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 377, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-51

  Moore, Jennifer C ^a   Tsang, Suk Ying ^a   Rushing, Stephanie N ^a   Lin, Dawei ^a   Tse, Hung Fat ^b   Chan, Camie W Y ^a   Li, Ronald A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cardiac differentiation; Connexin; Human embryonic stem cells; Pluripotency

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAMMA GLOBIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; KALLIKREIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTOME; TROPONIN I;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CONNEXIN 43; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; ORGANOGENESIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RATS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

LENTIVIRUS;

EID: 54849442444     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.09.076     Document Type: Article

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