Molecular and functional characterizations of gastrula organizer cells derived from human embryonic stem cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 600-608

  Sharon, Nadav ^a   Mor, Ishay ^a   Golan Lev, Tamar ^a   Fainsod, Abraham ^b   Benvenisty, Nissim ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gastrulation; Human development; Human embryonic stem cells; Organizer

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FROG; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PURIFICATION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYOID BODIES; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GOOSECOID PROTEIN; HUMANS; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEINS;

ANURA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79953797190     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.621     Document Type: Article

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