Trophoblast stem cell maintenance by fibroblast growth factor 4 requires MEKK4 activation of Jun N-terminal kinase

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2748-2761

  Abell, Amy N ^a   Granger, Deborah A ^a   Johnson, Nancy L ^a   Vincent Jordan, Nicole ^a   Dibble, Christopher F ^a   Johnson, Gary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; GELATINASE A; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FRA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FRA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR JUNB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UVOMORULIN; ACTIVIN; CADHERIN; CATHEPSIN; CATHEPSIN S; GCM1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NEUROPEPTIDE; SNAIL FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

MUS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CATHEPSINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASE 4; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROPEPTIDES; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TROPHOBLASTS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 66349096392     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01391-08     Document Type: Article

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