OCT4 establishes and maintains nucleosome-depleted regions that provide additional layers of epigenetic regulation of its target genes.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on August 15, 2011

Authors

Jueng Soo You1, Theresa K Kelly, Daniel D De Carvalho, Phillippa C Taberlay, Gangning Liang, Peter A Jones

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Urology, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.

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