Notch signaling in the pancreas: Patterning and cell fate specification

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 531-544

  Afelik, Solomon ^a   Jensen, Jan ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1BETA; JAGGED1; NEUROGENIN 3; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; NOTCH2 RECEPTOR; PANCREAS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1A; PRESENILIN 1; PRESENILIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ACINAR CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; PANCREAS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84886286597     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.99     Document Type: Article

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