Ronin and Caspases in Embryonic Stem Cells: A New Perspective on Regulation of the Pluripotent State
Author(s) -
Thomas P. Zwaka
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
cold spring harbor symposia on quantitative biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.615
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1943-4456
pISSN - 0091-7451
DOI - 10.1101/sqb.2008.73.007
Subject(s) - embryonic stem cell , induced pluripotent stem cell , microbiology and biotechnology , complement (music) , biology , perspective (graphical) , identification (biology) , caspase , computational biology , stem cell , apoptosis , genetics , computer science , programmed cell death , phenotype , gene , botany , artificial intelligence , complementation
Described here are recent discoveries in my laboratory which suggest that the complement of factors needed to direct ES cell pluripotency may be considerably larger than originally thought and may include proteins that act independently of the canonical factors described thus far. They also provide insight into a novel screening method that could be used to accelerate the identification and characterization of such factors.
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