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Nanog safeguards early embryogenesis against global activation of maternal β-catenin activity by interfering with TCF factors.
PLoS biology - 1 Jul 2020
He Mudan, Zhang Ru, Jiao Shengbo, Zhang Fenghua, Ye Ding, Wang Houpeng, Sun Yonghua
Abstract excerpt
Maternal β-catenin activity is essential and critical for dorsal induction and its dorsal activation has been thoroughly studied. However, how the maternal β-catenin activity is suppressed in the nondorsal cells remains poorly understood. Nanog is known to play a central role for maintenance of the pluripotency and maternal -zygotic transition (MZT). Here, we reveal a novel role of Nanog as a strong repressor of...
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