Dax1 and Nanog act in parallel to stabilize mouse embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotency

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Junlei ^a   Liu, Gaoke ^a   Ruan, Yan ^a   Wang, Jiali ^a   Zhao, Ke ^b   Wan, Ying ^a   Liu, Bing ^b   Zheng, Hongting ^a   Peng, Tao ^c   Wu, Wei ^a   He, Ping ^a   Hu, Fu Quan ^a   Jian, Rui ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^c CHENGDU MILITARY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; GATA6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NANOG PROTEIN, MOUSE; NR0B1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; POU5F1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GERM CELL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; ENZYME INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SOMATIC CELL; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NUDE MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DAX-1 ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GATA6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84923253141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6042     Document Type: Article

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