Obox4 regulates the expression of histone family genes and promotes differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells

FEBS Letters

Volumn 584, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 605-611

  Kim, Hae Mi ^a   Ahn, Hee Jin ^a   Lee, Hyun Seo ^a   Lee, Kyung Ah ^a   Lee, Su Man ^a   Kim, Hwan Hee ^a   Kim, Kwang Soo ^a,b   Park, Kyung Soon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; Embryoid body; Histone family gene; Mouse embryonic stem cell; Obox4; Obox6

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; HISTONE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; OOCYTE SPECIFIC HOMEOBOX 4 PROTEIN; OOCYTE SPECIFIC HOMEOBOX 6 PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; TESTIS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 74249116585     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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