The role of FGF-signaling in early neural specification of human embryonic stem cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 340, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 450-458

  Cohen, Malkiel A ^a   Itsykson, Pavel ^a   Reubinoff, Benjamin E ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Erk1 2 signaling; FGF signaling; Human embryonic stem cells; Neural induction; Primitive ectoderm

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77951204701     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.01.030     Document Type: Article

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