Molecular framework underlying pluripotency

Cell Cycle

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 885-891

  Loh, Yuin Han ^a,b   Ng, Jia Hui ^a,b   Ng, Huck Hui ^a,b  

^a GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cell; Epigenetic; Histone demethylase; Pluripotency; Regulatory network; Reprogramming; Trans differentiation

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

IPS;

EID: 42449131777     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.7.7.5636     Document Type: Review

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