Inhibition of ß-catenin-TCF1 interaction delays differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-51

  Chatterjee, Sujash S ^a   Saj, Abil ^c   Gocha, Tenzin ^a   Murphy, Matthew ^a   Gonsalves, Foster C ^a   Zhang, Xiaoqian ^c   Hayward, Penelope ^d   Oksuz, Betül Akgöl ^b   Shen, Steven S ^b   Madar, Aviv ^e   Arias, Alfonso Martinez ^d   DasGupta, Ramanuj ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; CTNNB1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1ALPHA; HNF1A PROTEIN, MOUSE; ICRT3 COMPOUND; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STEM CELL SELF-RENEWAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CELL CULTURE; CELL SELF-RENEWAL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SELF RENEWAL; CELLS, CULTURED; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1-ALPHA; MICE; MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; OXAZOLES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84980325608     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201503017     Document Type: Article

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