L-proline induces differentiation of ES cells: A novel role for an amino acid in the regulation of pluripotent cells in culture

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Washington, Jennifer M ^a   Rathjen, Joy ^a,b   Felquer, Fernando ^a   Lonic, Ana ^a   Bettess, Michael D ^a   Hamra, Nancy ^a   Semendric, Ljiljana ^a   Tan, Boon Siang Nicholas ^b   Lake, Julie Anne ^a   Keough, Rebecca A ^a   Morris, Michael B ^a   Rathjen, Peter D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Mouse; Primitive ectoderm

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCINE; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEUCINE; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROLINE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77951486317     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00498.2009     Document Type: Article

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