Regulation of pluripotency in male germline stem cells by Dmrt1

Genes and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 1949-1958

  Takashima, Seiji ^a   Hirose, Michiko ^b   Ogonuki, Narumi ^b   Ebisuya, Miki ^a   Inoue, Kimiko ^b   Kanatsu Shinohara, Mito ^a   Tanaka, Takashi ^a   Nishida, Eisuke ^a   Ogura, Atsuo ^b   Shinohara, Takashi ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Pluripotency; Reprogramming; Spermatogonia; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; PROTEIN P53; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GERMLINE STEM CELL; MALE; MONOCULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; UPREGULATION;

DNA METHYLATION; PLURIPOTENCY; REPROGRAMMING; SPERMATOGONIA; TERATOMA;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-1; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SPERMATOGONIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 84884547239     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.220194.113     Document Type: Article

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