A computational model for understanding stem cell, trophectoderm and endoderm lineage determination.

Recent studies have associated the transcription factors, Oct4, Sox2 and Nanog as parts of a self-regulating network which is responsible for maintaining embryonic stem cell properties: self renewal and pluripotency. In addition, mutual antagonism between two of these and other master regulators hav...

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Main Authors: Vijay Chickarmane, Carsten Peterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2566811?pdf=render