Article
Nuclear reprogramming of somatic cells by embryonic stem cells is affected by cell cycle stage.
Cloning and stem cells - 1 Jan 2006
Sullivan Stephen, Pells Steve, Hooper Martin, Gallagher Ed, McWhir Jim
Abstract excerpt
Hybrid embryonic stem (ES)-like clones were generated by fusion of murine ES cells with somatic cells that carried a neo resistance gene under the transcriptional control of the Oct-4 promoter. The Oct-4 promoter was reactivated in hybrid ES cells formed by fusion with fetal fibroblasts, and all hybrid colonies were of ES rather than fibroblast phenotype, suggesting efficient reprogramming of fibroblast...
Topics
- Alkaline Phosphatase
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Line
- Cell Nucleus
- Culture Media, Serum-Free
- DNA Primers
- DNA Replication
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Hybrid Cells
- Mice
- Phenotype
- Pluripotent Stem Cells
