Engineered zinc-finger transcription factors activate OCT4 (POU5F1), SOX2, KLF4, c-MYC (MYC) and miR302/367.

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Published in Nucleic Acids Res on May 03, 2014

Authors

Qingzhou Ji1, Ashley L Fischer1, Clyde R Brown1, Erik R Eastlund1, Tamar Dvash1, Bonan Zhong1, Mark A Gerber1, Ian Lyons1, Scott W Knight1, Carol A Kreader2

Author Affiliations

1: Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, Saint Louis, MO 63103, USA.
2: Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, Saint Louis, MO 63103, USA ckreader@sial.com.

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