The TGFβ superfamily in stem cell biology and early mammalian embryonic development

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1830, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 2268-2279

  Beyer, Tobias A ^a   Narimatsu, Masahiro ^a   Weiss, Alexander ^a   David, Laurent ^a   Wrana, Jeffrey L ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell fate; Pluripotency; SMAD; Stem cell; TGFbeta family

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; NODAL SIGNALING PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN TRIM33; RECEPTOR REGULATED SMAD PROTEIN; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ENVIRONMENT; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PLURIPOTENCY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR ACTIVATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84872493172     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: 18728006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2012.08.025     Document Type: Review

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