In vitro generation of neuromesodermal progenitors reveals distinct roles for wnt signalling in the specification of spinal cord and paraxial mesoderm identity

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Gouti, Mina ^a   Tsakiridis, Anestis ^b   Wymeersch, Filip J ^b   Huang, Yali ^b   Kleinjung, Jens ^a   Wilson, Valerie ^b   Briscoe, James ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MESODERM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROMESODERMAL PROGENITOR CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SOMITE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; UPREGULATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LAYER; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS;

BRACHYURY PROTEIN; FETOPROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FETAL PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GERM LAYERS; HUMANS; MESODERM; MICE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; SPINAL CORD; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84908425180     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001937     Document Type: Article

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