Pou5f1/oct4 in pluripotency control: Insights from zebrafish

Genesis

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-85

  Onichtchouk, Daria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gastrulation; SoxB1; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX;

ASSAY; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO INDUCTION; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GASTRULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENCY CONTROL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRESSOR GENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84856623482     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20800     Document Type: Review

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