Characterization of human UTF1, a chromatin-associated protein with repressor activity expressed in pluripotent cells

Stem Cell Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-218

  Kooistra, Susanne M ^a   Thummer, Rajkumar P ^a   Eggen, Bart J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UTF1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNER CELL MASS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMATIN; DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 67349104588     PISSN: 18735061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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