The ground state of pluripotency

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1027-1032

  Wray, Jason ^a   Kalkan, Tuzer ^a   Smith, Austin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cell; Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3); Ground state; Mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK); Pluripotency; Signalling

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE;

CELL CULTURE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HUMANS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77954630744     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0381027     Document Type: Review

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