Directed Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells into Corticofugal Neurons Uncovers Heterogeneous Fezf2-Expressing Subpopulations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Kmet, Muriel ^a   Guo, Chao ^a   Edmondson, Carina ^a   Chen, Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FOREBRAIN EMBRYONIC ZINC FINGER 2 PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84879485279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067292     Document Type: Article

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