FGF signalling as a mediator of lineage transitions - Evidence from embryonic stem cell differentiation

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-20

  Villegas, Santiago Nahuel ^a   Canham, Maurice ^a   Brickman, Joshua M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Embryonic stem cell; Endoderm; FGF; Mesoderm; Neural and epiblast

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3;

CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL RENEWAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77951741606     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22536     Document Type: Review

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