RhoA promotes differentiation of WB-F344 cells into the biliary lineage

Differentiation

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-161

  Yao, Hailei ^a   Jia, Yali ^a   Zhou, Junnian ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Li, Yanhua ^a   Wang, Yunfang ^a   Yue, Wen ^a   Pei, Xuetao ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Luminal morphogenesis; RhoA; ROCK; WB F344 cells

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; INSULIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BILE DUCTS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENETIC VECTORS; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PYRIDINES; RATS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 60549096277     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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