Neural stem cells express Oct-3/4

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 388, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-251

  Chin, Ji Hyang ^a   Shiwaku, Hiroki ^a   Goda, Olga ^a   Komuro, Akihiko ^a   Okazawa, Hitoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neural stem cell; Oct 3 4; Pseudogene; Somatic stem cell

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSEUDOGENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATIC CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; NEURONS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PSEUDOGENES; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MUS;

EID: 69249220046     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.07.165     Document Type: Article

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