OCT4: A penetrant pluripotency inducer
Native OCT4 protein has the intrinsic ability of crossing cellular membranes to enter cells. This finding could revive efforts to induce pluripotency with proteins replacing nucleic acid-based approaches, and raises the intriguing question as to whether OCT4 can act non-cell-autonomously.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2014-01-01
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Series: | Cell Regeneration |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2045976917300202 |