BMP4 signaling directs primitive endoderm-derived XEN cells to an extraembryonic visceral endoderm identity

Developmental Biology

Volumn 361, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 245-262

  Artus, Jérôme ^a   Douvaras, Panagiotis ^b   Piliszek, Anna ^a,c   Isern, Joan ^b,d   Baron, Margaret H ^b   Hadjantonakis, Anna Katerina ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

AFP; BMP; Extraembryonic endoderm; Hematopoiesis; LIF; Live imaging; Visceral endoderm; XEN cell

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; ENDODERM; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; EXTRAEMBRYONIC VISCERAL ENDODERM; HEMATOPOIESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMITIVE ENDODERM DERIVED EXTRAEMBRYONIC ENDODERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YOLK SAC;

EID: 84355166526     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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