Activin/TGF-beta signaling regulates Nanog expression in the epiblast during gastrulation

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 128, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 268-278

  Shin, Masahiro ^a   Alev, Cantas ^a,b   Wu, Yuping ^a   Nagai, Hiroki ^a   Sheng, Guojun ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken; Epiblast; Nanog; PGC; Pluripotency; TGF beta

Indexed keywords

4 [4 (1,3 BENZODIOXOL 5 YL) 5 (2 PYRIDINYL) 1H IMIDAZOL 2 YL]BENZAMIDE; ACTIVIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; CHICK EMBRYO; DIOXOLES; DOWN-REGULATION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM LAYERS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 79959733972     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: 18726356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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