The formation of proximal and distal definitive endoderm populations in culture requires p38 MAPK activity

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2204-2216

  Yap, Charlotte ^a   Goh, Hwee Ngee ^a   Familari, Mary ^a   Rathjen, Peter David ^a,b   Rathjen, Joy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

BMP4; Embryonic stem cells; Endoderm; Gastrulation; p38 MAP kinase

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM LAYER; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SERUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; ECTODERM; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; MICE; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84900822715     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.134502     Document Type: Article

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