ERK2 suppresses self-renewal capacity of embryonic stem cells, but is not required for multi-lineage commitment.

Activation of the FGF-ERK pathway is necessary for naïve mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells to exit self-renewal and commit to early differentiated lineages. Here we show that genetic ablation of Erk2, the predominant ERK isozyme expressed in ES cells, results in hyper-phosphorylation of ERK1, but an o...

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Main Authors: William B Hamilton, Keisuke Kaji, Tilo Kunath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3628700?pdf=render