Pluripotent genes in avian stem cells

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-51

  Jean, Christian ^a,b,c   Aubel, Pauline ^a,b,c   Soleihavoup, Clément ^a,b,c   Bouhallier, Frantz ^a,b,c   Voisin, Sophie ^a,b,c   Lavial, Fabrice ^b   Pain, Bertrand ^a,b,c  

^a STEM CELL AND BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Chick; Embryonic stem cells; ENS1; KLF; NANOG; OCT4; Pluripotency; SOX2

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

BIRD; BLASTOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84872167571     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12021     Document Type: Review

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