Endogenous wnt/β-Catenin signaling is required for cardiac differentiation in human embryonic stem cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Paige, Sharon L ^a   Osugi, Tomoaki ^a   Afanasiev, Olga K ^a   Pabon, Lil ^a   Reinecke, Hans ^a   Murry, Charles E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN BETA; SMAD1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TROPONIN T; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESODERM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MESODERM; MYOCARDIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 77955290927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011134     Document Type: Article

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