A late requirement for Wnt and FGF signaling during activin-induced formation of foregut endoderm from mouse embryonic stem cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 330, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 286-304

  Hansson, Mattias ^a   Olesen, Dorthe R ^a,b   Peterslund, Janny M L ^a   Engberg, Nina ^a   Kahn, Morten ^a,b   Winzi, Maria ^a   Klein, Tino ^a   Maddox Hyttel, Poul ^b   Serup, Palle ^a  

^a HAGEDORN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anterior posterior patterning; Embryonic stem cell; Endoderm; FGF; Gastrulation; Mesendoderm; TGF ; Wnt

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; MONOCULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 67349103359     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.03.026     Document Type: Article

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