Specific knockdown of Oct4 and β2-microglobulin expression by RNA interference in human embryonic stem cells and embryonic carcinoma cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 659-668

  Matin, Maryam M ^a   Walsh, James R ^a,b   Gokhale, Paul J ^a   Draper, Jonathan S ^a   Bahrami, Ahmad R ^a   Morton, Ian ^a   Moore, Harry D ^a   Andrews, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Axordia Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 microglobulin; Differentiation; Embryonal carcinoma cells; Gene expression; GFP; Human embryonic stem cells; RNA interference Oct4

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 1; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 3; TROPHECTODERM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GENE ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEM CELL;

ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR STEM CELLS;

EID: 4444243817     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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