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SUBMITTER: Silva J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3437554 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cell 20090801 4
Pluripotency is generated naturally during mammalian development through formation of the epiblast, founder tissue of the embryo proper. Pluripotency can be recreated by somatic cell reprogramming. Here we present evidence that the homeodomain protein Nanog mediates acquisition of both embryonic and induced pluripotency. Production of pluripotent hybrids by cell fusion is promoted by and dependent on Nanog. In transcription factor-induced molecular reprogramming, Nanog is initially dispensable b ...[more]