Rho kinases regulate the renewal and neural differentiation of embryonic stem cells in a cell plating density-dependent manner

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Chang, Tzu Ching ^a   Chen, Yen Chung ^a   Yang, Ming Hua ^a   Chen, Chien Hung ^a   Hsing, En Wei ^a   Ko, Bor Sheng ^b   Liou, Jun Yang ^a   Wu, Kenneth K ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA TUBULIN; NESTIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; RHO KINASE; RHO KINASE 1; RHO KINASE 2; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; NERVE PROTEIN; POU5F1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; GENE SILENCING; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEM CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MURINAE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMIDES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; ISOQUINOLINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PYRIDINES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEM CELLS; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 77949437184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009187     Document Type: Article

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