Tcf3 functions as a steady-state limiter of transcriptional programs of mouse embryonic stem cell self-renewal

Stem Cells

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1951-1960

  Yi, Fei ^a   Pereira, Laura ^a   Merrill, Bradley James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Embryonic stem cell; Gene expression; In vitro culture

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SELF RENEWAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STEADY STATE; TCF3 GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 48449105489     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2008-0229     Document Type: Article

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