Transcription factor-mediated epigenetic reprogramming

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 37, 2012, Pages 30922-30931

  Sindhu, Camille ^a,b   Samavarchi Tehrani, Payman ^a,b   Meissner, Alexander ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL TYPES; ECTOPIC EXPRESSIONS; NON-CODING RNAS; SIGNALING PATHWAYS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AZACITIDINE; MYC PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PU 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SOMATIC CELL;

CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84866130250     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.R111.319046     Document Type: Short Survey

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