Nanog co-regulated by Nodal/Smad2 and Oct4 is required for pluripotency in developing mouse epiblast

Developmental Biology

Volumn 392, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 182-192

  Sun, Liang Tso ^a   Yamaguchi, Shinpei ^a   Hirano, Kunio ^a   Ichisaka, Tomoko ^b   Kuroda, Takao ^c   Tada, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epiblast; Nanog; Nodal; Oct4; Pluripotency; Smad2

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PLURIPOTENCY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONDITIONAL GENE KNOCKDOWN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; INNER CELL MASS; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

MUS;

EPIBLAST; NANOG; NODAL; OCT4; PLURIPOTENCY; SMAD2;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GERM LAYERS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NODAL PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN;

EID: 84904388462     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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