Activin/nodal signaling switches the terminal fate of human embryonic stem cell-derived trophoblasts

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 8834-8848

  Sarkar, Prasenjit ^a   Randall, Shan M ^b   Collier, Timothy S ^b   Nero, Anthony ^a   Russell, Teal A ^b   Muddiman, David C ^b   Rao, Balaji M ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL GROWTH; GLYCOPROTEINS; SIGNALING; STEM CELLS;

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CLASS I; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HYPOMETHYLATION; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNALING PATHWAYS;

CELL SIGNALING;

4 [4 (1,3 BENZODIOXOL 5 YL) 5 (2 PYRIDINYL) 1H IMIDAZOL 2 YL]BENZAMIDE; ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; NODAL SIGNALING PROTEIN; PROTEIN P63; EPHRIN B2; NODAL PROTEIN, HUMAN; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN NODAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELF5 2B GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXTRAVILLOUS TROPHOBLAST; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; INVASIVE CYTOTROPHOBLAST; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTIVINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPHRIN-B2; HUMANS; NODAL PROTEIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84926429966     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.620641     Document Type: Article

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