ZO-1 regulates Erk, Smad1/5/8, Smad2, and RhoA activities to modulate self-renewal and differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1885-1900

  Xu, Jianliang ^a   Lim, Sophia Beng Hui ^a   Ng, Mei Yong ^a   Mohamed Ali, Safiah ^a   Kausalya, Jaya P ^a   Limviphuvadh, Vachiranee ^b   Maurer Stroh, Sebastian ^b   Hunziker, Walter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cell lineage; Cell polarity; Cellular structures; Differentiation; Embryonic stem cells; Signal transduction; Stem cell research; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITINATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; HUMANS; MICE; PHOSPHORYLATION; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS; ZONULA OCCLUDENS-1 PROTEIN;

EID: 84865318617     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1172     Document Type: Article

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