Traction forces mediated by integrin signaling are necessary for definitive endoderm specification

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1961-1968

  Taylor Weiner, Hermes ^a,b   Ravi, Neeraja ^a   Engler, Adam J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SANFORD CONSORTIUM FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Endoderm; Extracellular matrix; Integrin signaling; SMAD

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; INTEGRIN; LAMININ; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 3; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84930257683     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.166157     Document Type: Article

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