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SUBMITTER: Grabole N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3701237 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grabole Nils N Tischler Julia J Hackett Jamie A JA Kim Shinseog S Tang Fuchou F Leitch Harry G HG Magnúsdóttir Erna E Surani M Azim MA
EMBO reports 20130514 7
Primordial germ cells (PGCs) and somatic cells originate from postimplantation epiblast cells in mice. As pluripotency is lost upon differentiation of somatic lineages, a naive epigenome and the pluripotency network are re-established during PGC development. Here we demonstrate that Prdm14 contributes not only to PGC specification, but also to naive pluripotency in embryonic stem (ES) cells by repressing the DNA methylation machinery and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signalling. This indicates ...[more]