Krüppel-like transcription factor 4 contributes to maintenance of telomerase activity in stem cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1510-1517

  Wong, Chui Wei ^a   Hou, Pei Shan ^a   Tseng, Shun Fu ^a   Chien, Chung Liang ^a   Wu, Kou Juey ^b   Chen, Hsin Fu ^c   Ho, Hong Nerng ^c   Kyo, Satoru ^d   Teng, Shu Chun ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

KLF4; Stem cells; Telomerase; TERT; Transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; LUCIFERASE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; TERT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FIBROBLAST; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEM CELL; TELOMERE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA INTERFERENCE; TELOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSFECTION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77958138434     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.477     Document Type: Article

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