Axolotl Nanog activity in mouse embryonic stem cells demonstrates that ground state pluripotency is conserved from urodele amphibians to mammals

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2973-2980

  Dixon, James E ^a   Allegrucci, Cinzia ^a   Redwood, Catherine ^a   Kump, Kevin ^b   Bian, Yuhong ^a   Chatfield, Jodie ^a   Chen, Yi Hsien ^a   Sottile, Virginie ^a   Voss, S Randal ^b   Alberio, Ramiro ^a   Johnson, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axolotl; Nanog; Pluripotency; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRYPTOPHAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; POU5F1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DIMERIZATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; MAMMAL; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SALAMANDER; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 77956578558     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.049262     Document Type: Article

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