Reduced Oct4 expression directs a robust pluripotent state with distinct signaling activity and increased enhancer occupancy by Oct4 and Nanog.

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Published in Cell Stem Cell on May 02, 2013

Authors

Violetta Karwacki-Neisius1, Jonathan Göke, Rodrigo Osorno, Florian Halbritter, Jia Hui Ng, Andrea Y Weiße, Frederick C K Wong, Alessia Gagliardi, Nicholas P Mullin, Nicola Festuccia, Douglas Colby, Simon R Tomlinson, Huck-Hui Ng, Ian Chambers

Author Affiliations

1: MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Stem Cell Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, 5 Little France Drive, Edinburgh EH16 4UU, Scotland, UK.

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