Snail1-dependent control of embryonic stem cell pluripotency and lineage commitment

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lin, Yongshun ^a   Li, Xiao Yan ^a   Willis, Amanda L ^a   Liu, Chengyu ^a   Chen, Guokai ^a   Weiss, Stephen J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; SNAIL FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANCESTRY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MESODERM; MOUSE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; GASTRULATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84892151082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4070     Document Type: Article

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