Repression of Nanog gene transcription by Tcf3 limits embryonic stem cell self-renewal

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 7479-7491

  Pereira, Laura ^a   Yi, Fei ^a   Merrill, Bradley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN GROUCHO; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TCF3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; NANOG GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY DNA SEQUENCE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEADY STATE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; STEM CELLS; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33749645068     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00368-06     Document Type: Article

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