An Oct4-Sall4-Nanog network controls developmental progression in the pre-implantation mouse embryo

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tan, Meng How ^a   Au, Kin Fai ^b   Leong, Denise E ^a   Foygel, Kira ^a   Wong, Wing H ^a,b   Yao, Mylene W M ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Univfy Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

pluripotency factors; pre implantation development; transcriptional networks

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; MICRORNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FATOR SALL4; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MICRORNA 290; MICRORNA 291; MICRORNA 292; MICRORNA 293; MICRORNA 294; MICRORNA 295; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SALL4; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MIRN290 MICRORNA, MOUSE; MIRN295 MICRORNA, MOUSE; NANOG PROTEIN, MOUSE; SALL4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOME ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULON; WILD TYPE; ZONA PELLUCIDA; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SILENCING; NIDATION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BLASTOCYST; C57BL MOUSE; DBA MOUSE; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICRORNAS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84872690870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2012.65     Document Type: Article

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