Quantitative expression of Oct-3/4 defines differentiation, dedifferentiation or self-renewal of ES cells

Nature Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 372-376

  Niwa, Hitoshi ^a,b   Miyazaki, Jun Ichi ^b   Smith, Austin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL POPULATION; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MESODERM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CLONE CELLS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GENES, REPORTER; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; UP-REGULATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034028901     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/74199     Document Type: Article

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