Functions of BMP signaling in embryonic stem cell fate determination

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 319, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 113-119

  Li, Zhongwei ^a   Chen, Ye Guang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BMP; Crosstalk; Differentiation; Embryonic stem cells; Self renewal

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; SMAD PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

BLASTOCYST; CELL FATE; CELL RENEWAL; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; FEEDER CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INNER CELL MASS; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

EID: 84870746119     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2012.09.016     Document Type: Review

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