A program of successive gene expression in mouse one-cell embryos
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE222130 | GEO | 2023/01/09
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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A core OCT4-regulated network has been identified as a test case, to analyase stem cell characteristics and cellular differentiation.
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In silico identification of a core regulatory network of OCT4 in human embryonic stem cells using an integrated approach.
Chavez L, Bais AS, Vingron M, Lehrach H, Adjaye J, Herwig R
BMC Genomics, 2009, 10:314
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: The transcription factor OCT4 is highly expressed in pluripotent embryonic stem cells which are derived from the inner cell mass of mammalian blastocysts. Pluripotency and self renewal are controlled by a transcription regulatory network governed by the transcription factors OCT4, SOX2 and NANOG. Recent studies on reprogramming somatic cells to induced pluripotent stem cells highlight OCT4 as a key regulator of pluripotency.
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