Analysis of Esg1 expression in pluripotent cells and the germline reveals similarities with Oct4 and Sox2 and differences between human pluripotent cell lines

Stem Cells

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1436-1442

  Western, Patrick ^a   Maldonado Saldivia, Joanna ^b   Van Den Bergen, Jocelyn ^a   Hajkova, Petra ^a   Saitou, Mitinori ^c   Barton, Sheila ^a   Surani, M Azim ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c RIKEN KOBE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cell; Esg1; Germ cell; Oct4; Pluripotent; Sox2

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ESG1 GENE; GENE; GERM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCT4 GENE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMATIC CELL; SOX2 GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL LINEAGE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HMGB PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 28444477675     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2005-0146     Document Type: Article

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