Sall4 is essential for stabilization, but not for pluripotency, of embryonic stem cells by repressing aberrant trophectoderm gene expression

Stem Cells

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 796-805

  Yuri, Shunsuke ^a,b   Fujimura, Sayoko ^a   Nimura, Keisuke ^c   Takeda, Naoki ^d   Toyooka, Yayoi ^e   Fujimura, Yu Ichi ^f   Aburatani, Hiroyuki ^g   Ura, Kiyoe ^c   Koseki, Haruhiko ^f   Niwa, Hitoshi ^e   Nishinakamura, Ryuichi ^a,b,d  

^a Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics   (Japan)

^b Global COE Cell Fate Regulation Research and Education Unit   (United States)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^f RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cdx2; Embryonic stem cells; Sall1; Sall4; Spalt; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SALL 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 65649102572     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.14     Document Type: Article

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