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Hybrid cell extinction and re-expression of Oct-3 function correlates with differentiation potential.
The EMBO journal - 1 Dec 1993
Shimazaki T, Okazawa H, Fujii H, Ikeda M, Tamai K, McKay R D, Muramatsu M, Hamada H
Abstract excerpt
The Oct-3 gene is expressed in highly undifferentiated cells and is implicated in mammalian early embryogenesis. We have generated a series of hybrid cells between pluripotent embryonal carcinoma cells (Oct-3+) and fibroblasts (Oct-3-), and have studied the regulation and function of Oct-3. Upon fusion, the hybrid cells differentiated to nestin+/Brn-2+ cells resembling neuroepithelial stem cells. Expression of...
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