OCT4B expression in PBMNCs suggests the existence of an alternative OCT4 promoter

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1112-1114

  Papamichos, Spyros I ^a   Lambropoulos, Alexandros F ^a   Kotoula, Vassiliki ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEACETYLATION; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; LETTER; METHYLATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; HUMANS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 70350234775     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: 10982264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20707     Document Type: Letter

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