A core Klf circuitry regulates self-renewal of embryonic stem cells

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 353-360

  Jiang, Jianming ^a,b   Chan, Yun Shen ^a,b   Loh, Yuin Han ^a,b   Cai, Jun ^c   Tong, Guo Qing ^a,d   Lim, Ching Aeng ^a,b   Robson, Paul ^a,b   Zhong, Sheng ^c   Ng, Huck Hui ^a,b  

^a GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^d NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; MYC PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 40249093059     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1698     Document Type: Article

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