Transcriptional regulation of the Oct4 gene, a master gene for pluripotency

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 405-412

  Kellner, Steven ^a   Kikyo, Nobuaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; ES cells; Oct4; Pluripotency

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; POU5F1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTORS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

IPS;

EID: 77749299137     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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