The RNA-binding protein Unr prevents mouse embryonic stem cells differentiation toward the primitive endoderm lineage

Stem Cells

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1504-1516

  Elatmani, Habiba ^a,b   Dormoy Raclet, Virginie ^c   Dubus, Pierre ^a   Dautry, François ^d,e   Chazaud, Claire ^f   Jacquemin Sablon, Hélène ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Differentiation; ESCs; Post transcriptional regulation; Primitive endoderm; Unr

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN UNR; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE N RAS; PRIMITIVE ENDODERM; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; FEEDER CELLS; GATA6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; POLY(A)-BINDING PROTEINS; RETROVIRIDAE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TERATOMA; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 80053261299     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.712     Document Type: Article

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