Lonely death dance of human pluripotent stem cells: ROCKing between metastable cell states

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 274-282

  Ohgushi, Masatoshi ^a   Sasai, Yoshiki ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; MYOSIN; RHO KINASE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNER CELL MASS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MYOSINS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHO FACTOR; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79955525831     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2011.02.004     Document Type: Review

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