Convergence of cMyc and β-catenin on Tcf7l1 enables endoderm specification

EMBO Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 356-368

  Morrison, Gillian ^a,d   Scognamiglio, Roberta ^b,c   Trumpp, Andreas ^b,c   Smith, Austin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c Hi STEM Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

embryonic stem cells; endoderm; FoxA2; Myc; Tcf7l1

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; DNA; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; MYC PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; WNT PROTEIN; ACTIVIN; FOXA2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MYC PROTEIN, MOUSE; TCF7L1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; MICE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7-LIKE 1 PROTEIN;

EID: 84957432850     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/embj.201592116     Document Type: Article

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