Tcf3 is an integral component of the core regulatory circuitry of embryonic stem cells

Genes and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 746-755

  Cole, Megan F ^a,b   Johnstone, Sarah E ^a,b   Newman, Jamie J ^a,b   Kagey, Michael H ^a   Young, Richard A ^a,b  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Regulatory circuitry; Tcf3; Wnt pathway

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN TCF3; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; HMGB PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LENTIVIRUS; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 41149174852     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1642408     Document Type: Article

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