Activin/nodal signalling in stem cells

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 607-619

  Pauklin, Siim ^a   Vallier, Ludovic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activin; Cell cycle; Differentiation; Nodal; Pluripotency; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; INHIBIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PROTEIN NODAL; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMAD6 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT STEM CELL; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; NODAL PROTEIN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84922567485     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.091769     Document Type: Review

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