Simple insoluble cues specify stem cell differentiation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 51, 2014, Pages 18104-18105

  Dingal, P C Dave P ^a   Wells, Rebecca G ^b   Discher, Dennis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACTIVIN A; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PIPECOLIC ACID; PROTEIN KINASE B; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; INTEGRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL RENEWAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; MESODERM; NOTE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; RNA INTERFERENCE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 84919920888     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1421562112     Document Type: Note

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