Epigenetic regulation of reprogramming factors towards pluripotency in mouse preimplantation development

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 500-506

  Miyanari, Yusuke ^a   Torres Padilla, Maria Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

epigenetics; mouse embryo; Nanog; Oct4; reprogramming; Sox2

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYC PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; DEACETYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; ECTODERM; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; MORULA; NEURAL STEM CELL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 78649328996     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e3283405325     Document Type: Review

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