Identification of the missing pluripotency mediator downstream of leukaemia inhibitory factor

EMBO Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 2561-2574

  Martello, Graziano ^a,d   Bertone, Paul ^a,b,c   Smith, Austin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ES cell self renewal; LIF; pluripotency; reprogramming

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; LIF PROTEIN, MOUSE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TCFCP2L1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84885187275     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2013.177     Document Type: Article

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