Nanog: a new recruit to the embryonic stem cell orchestra.

Cavaleri, Fatima; Schöler, Hans R · Cell · 2003

review · Level V

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Abstract

In this issue of Cell, and add a new transcriptional operating system to the known Oct4 and Stat3 systems required for early embryonal stem cell potency and self-renewal. Nanog, a homeobox transcription factor, plays a crucial role in the second embryonic cell fate specification following formation of the blastocyst.

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