Pluripotency governed by Sox2 via regulation of Oct3/4 expression in mouse embryonic stem cells

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 625-635

  Masui, Shinji ^a,b,c   Nakatake, Yuhki ^a   Toyooka, Yayoi ^a   Shimosato, Daisuke ^a,d   Yagi, Rika ^a   Takahashi, Kazue ^a   Okochi, Hitoshi ^e   Okuda, Akihiko ^f   Matoba, Ryo ^g   Sharov, Alexei A ^g   Ko, Minoru S H ^g   Niwa, Hitoshi ^a,b,d  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Research Institute   (Japan)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NANOG PROTEIN, MOUSE; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER; POU5F1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 22 (ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER), MEMBER 3; SOX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSACTIVATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 34249876564     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1589     Document Type: Article

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