Cell-permeant recombinant Nanog protein promotes pluripotency by inhibiting endodermal specification

Stem Cell Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 680-689

  Peitz, Michael ^a,b   Münst, Bernhard ^a,b,d   Thummer, Rajkumar P ^a,b   Helfen, Martina ^a,b   Edenhofer, Frank ^a,b,c  

^a Stem Cell Engineering Group at the Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d Medicyte GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NANOG PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; ENDODERM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 84897001885     PISSN: 18735061     EISSN: 18767753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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