The microenvironment patterns the pluripotent mouse epiblast through paracrine furin and Pace4 proteolytic activities

Genes and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1871-1880

  Mesnard, Daniel ^a   Donnison, Martyn ^b   Fuerer, Christophe ^a   Pfeffer, Peter L ^b   Constam, Daniel B ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Furin; Gastrulation; Microenvironment; Nodal; Progenitor cells; Proprotein convertases

Indexed keywords

FURIN; PACE4 PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FATE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESODERM; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ECTODERM; ENDODERM; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FURIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM LAYERS; MESODERM; MICE; NODAL PROTEIN; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 80052504025     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.16738711     Document Type: Article

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