2008
Nanog and Oct4 associate with unique transcriptional repression complexes in embryonic stem cells
Liang J, Wan M, Zhang Y, Gu P, Xin H, Jung SY, Qin J, Wong J, Cooney AJ, Liu D, Songyang Z. Nanog and Oct4 associate with unique transcriptional repression complexes in embryonic stem cells. Nature Cell Biology 2008, 10: 731-739. PMID: 18454139, DOI: 10.1038/ncb1736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsES cell fateRepression complexMouse ES cellsCell fateTranscription factorsES cellsTranscriptional repression complexES cell differentiationEssential transcription factorEmbryonic stem cellsSub-stoichiometric levelsHistone deacetylase activityNuRD complexRepressor complexEndogenous NanogProtein complexesGene transcriptionTarget genesDeacetylase activityNanogNuRDGenesStem cellsCellsComplexes
2005
Orphan Nuclear Receptor GCNF Is Required for the Repression of Pluripotency Genes during Retinoic Acid-Induced Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation
Gu P, LeMenuet D, Chung A, Mancini M, Wheeler DA, Cooney AJ. Orphan Nuclear Receptor GCNF Is Required for the Repression of Pluripotency Genes during Retinoic Acid-Induced Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation. Molecular And Cellular Biology 2005, 25: 8507-8519. PMID: 16166633, PMCID: PMC1265758, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.19.8507-8519.2005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlotting, NorthernBlotting, WesternCell DifferentiationCell LineCell NucleusChromatin ImmunoprecipitationDNA-Binding ProteinsDown-RegulationEmbryo, MammalianFemaleFibroblast Growth Factor 4GenotypeHomeodomain ProteinsIn Situ HybridizationMaleMiceMice, TransgenicMicroscopy, FluorescenceModels, GeneticNanog Homeobox ProteinNuclear Receptor Subfamily 6, Group A, Member 1Octamer Transcription Factor-3PhenotypePlasmidsProtein BindingReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearResponse ElementsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSignal TransductionSOXB1 Transcription FactorsStem CellsTime FactorsTrans-ActivatorsTransfectionTretinoinConceptsLoss of repressionES cell differentiationPluripotency genesCell differentiationTranscription factorsEmbryonic developmentES cellsEmbryonic stem cell pluripotencyEmbryonic stem cell differentiationEarly mouse embryonic developmentStem cell pluripotencyMouse embryonic developmentPluripotency gene expressionEarly embryonic developmentInitiation of differentiationStem cell differentiationRetinoic acidCell pluripotencyNanog geneGenes Oct4Somatic cellsUndifferentiated stateGene expressionGCNFRepression