Ronin and caspases in embryonic stem cells: A new perspective on regulation of the pluripotent state

Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology

Volumn 73, Issue , 2008, Pages 163-169

  Zwaka, T P ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 11; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN RONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CASPASE; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; RONIN PROTEIN; RONIN PROTEIN, MOUSE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CELL SCREENING; CYTOLOGY; ECTOPIC EXPRESSION; EMBRYO; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NIDATION; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CASPASES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 68549091056     PISSN: 00917451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2008.73.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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