Oct4 is required ~E7.5 for proliferation in the primitive streak.
Oct4 is a widely recognized pluripotency factor as it maintains Embryonic Stem (ES) cells in a pluripotent state, and, in vivo, prevents the inner cell mass (ICM) in murine embryos from differentiating into trophectoderm. However, its function in somatic tissue after this developmental stage is not...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-11-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3828132?pdf=render |