BMP signaling induces visceral endoderm differentiation of XEN cells and parietal endoderm

Developmental Biology

Volumn 361, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-102

  Paca, Agnieszka ^a   Séguin, Cheryle A ^b   Clements, Melanie ^c   Ryczko, Michael ^b   Rossant, Janet ^b   Rodriguez, Tristan A ^c   Kunath, Tilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; LAMININ; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; ENDODERM; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRAEMBRYONIC ENDODERM CELL; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INNER CELL MASS; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL ENTODERM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; YOLK SAC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 83055176401     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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