The Sox family of transcription factors: Versatile regulators of stem and progenitor cell fate

Cell Stem Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-30

  Sarkar, Abby ^a,b,c   Hochedlinger, Konrad ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX11; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX18; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ANOPHTHALMIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INNER CELL MASS; MESODERM; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; SOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84872046078     PISSN: 19345909     EISSN: 18759777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2012.12.007     Document Type: Review

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