Bmi1 confers resistance to oxidative stress on hematopoietic stem cells.

The polycomb-group (PcG) proteins function as general regulators of stem cells. We previously reported that retrovirus-mediated overexpression of Bmi1, a gene encoding a core component of polycomb repressive complex (PRC) 1, maintained self-renewing hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) during long-term c...

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Main Authors: Shunsuke Nakamura, Motohiko Oshima, Jin Yuan, Atsunori Saraya, Satoru Miyagi, Takaaki Konuma, Satoshi Yamazaki, Mitsujiro Osawa, Hiromitsu Nakauchi, Haruhiko Koseki, Atsushi Iwama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3350495?pdf=render