An interplay between extracellular signalling and the dynamics of the exit from pluripotency drives cell fate decisions in mouse ES cells

Biology Open

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 614-626

  Turner, David A ^a   Trott, Jamie ^a   Hayward, Penelope ^a   Rué, Pau ^a   Arias, Alfonso Martinez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activin Nodal and BMP signalling; Cell differentiation; Cell fate decision making; Mouse embryonic stem cell; Pluripotency; Single cell analysis; Wnt catenin signalling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908457386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20148409     Document Type: Article

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