The pluripotency rheostat Nanog functions as a dimer

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 411, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-231

  Mullin, Nicholas P ^a   Yates, Adam ^a   Rowe, Arthur J ^b   Nijmeijer, Bianca ^a   Colby, Douglas ^a   Barlow, Paul N ^c   Walkinshaw, Malcolm D ^c   Chambers, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Embryonic stem cell; Homeodomain; Nanog; Pluripotency rheostat; Self renewal

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; PROTEINS;

CYTOKINE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN; PLURIPOTENCY RHEOSTAT;

DIMERS;

DIMER; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRYPTOPHAN; CYTOKINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NANOG PROTEIN, MOUSE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; ANIMAL; DIMERIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 42449156011     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20080134     Document Type: Article

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