Oct-4 Knockdown Induces Similar Patterns of Endoderm and Trophoblast Differentiation Markers in Human and Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-235

  Hay, David C ^a   Sutherland, Linda ^a   Clark, John ^a   Burdon, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoderm; ES cells; Oct 4; Pluripotency; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CLATHRIN; NESTIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; ENDODERM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1442311693     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.22-2-225     Document Type: Article

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