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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Kazue Takahashi
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-5895 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Masui Shinji S Nakatake Yuhki Y Toyooka Yayoi Y Shimosato Daisuke D Yagi Rika R Takahashi Kazue K Okochi Hitoshi H Okuda Akihiko A Matoba Ryo R Sharov Alexei A AA Ko Minoru S H MS Niwa Hitoshi H
Nature cell biology 20070521 6
The pluripotency of embryonic stem (ES) cells is thought to be maintained by a few key transcription factors, including Oct3/4 and Sox2. The function of Oct3/4 in ES cells has been extensively characterized, but that of Sox2 has yet to be determined. Sox2 can act synergistically with Oct3/4 in vitro to activate Oct-Sox enhancers, which regulate the expression of pluripotent stem cell-specific genes, including Nanog, Oct3/4 and Sox2 itself. These findings suggest that Sox2 is required by ES cells ...[more]