Itch, an E3 ligase of Oct4, is required for embryonic stem cell self-renewal and pluripotency induction

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 228, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1443-1451

  Liao, Bing ^a,b   Zhong, Xiaoming ^a,b   Xu, Huiming ^a,b   Xiao, Feng ^b,c   Fang, Zhuoqing ^b,c   Gu, Junjie ^a,b   Chen, Yue ^d   Zhao, Yingming ^d   Jin, Ying ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITCH PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; UBIQUITINATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA STEM CELLS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PROTEIN STABILITY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84875507962     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24297     Document Type: Article

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