Three LIF-dependent signatures and gene clusters with atypical expression profiles, identified by transcriptome studies in mouse ES cells and early derivatives

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Trouillas, Marina ^a,b,c   Saucourt, Claire ^a,b   Guillotin, Bertrand ^a,b   Gauthereau, Xavier ^a,b   Ding, Li ^d   Buchholz, Frank ^d   Doss, Michael Xavier ^e   Sachinidis, Agapios ^e   Hescheler, Jurgen ^e   Hummel, Oliver ^f   Huebner, Norbert ^f   Kolde, Raivo ^g   Vilo, Jaak ^g   Schulz, Herbert ^f   Bœuf, Hélène ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CNRS Bordeaux Segalen University   (France)

^c CTSA   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^f MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN LIFIND; PROTEIN PLURI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NANOG PROTEIN, MOUSE; POU5F1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; RNA ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 65449118073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-73     Document Type: Article

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