Gene expression profiling reveals the heterogeneous transcriptional activity of Oct3/4 and its possible interaction with Gli2 in mouse embryonic stem cells

Genomics

Volumn 102, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 456-467

  Li, Yanzhen ^a   Drnevich, Jenny ^a   Akraiko, Tatiana ^a   Band, Mark ^a   Li, Dong ^a,b   Wang, Fei ^a,b   Matoba, Ryo ^c   Tanaka, Tetsuya S ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c DNA CHIP RESEARCH INC   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^e University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cell; Gli; Microarray; Mouse; Oct3 4; Transcriptional heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; PUROMYCIN; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLI2 GENE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PTCH1 GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL CULTURE;

ERINACEIDAE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS;

EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GLI; HEDGEHOG; HH; MESCS; MICROARRAY; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; OCT3/4; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQRT-PCR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL HETEROGENEITY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PUROMYCIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84890128893     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: 10898646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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