Characterization of POU5F1 (OCT4) gene and its promoter in buffalo ESC-like cells identifies multiple transcription start sites and expression of four pseudogenes

Gene

Volumn 491, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-172

  Singh, Natwar ^a   George, Aman ^a   Sharma, Ruchi ^a   Singla, Suresh K ^a   Palta, Prabhat ^a   Manik, Radhaysham ^a   Chauhan, Manmohan S ^a   Singh, Dheer ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

ES cell like cells; Pseudogenes; Sequence variation; Transcription start sites

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BUFFALOES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BOVINAE; BUBALUS BUBALIS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 81455158402     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.09.036     Document Type: Article

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