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Silencing of the Gene for the β Subunit of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin by the Embryonic Transcription Factor Oct-3/4
1 Jul 1996
Abstract excerpt
The transcription factor Oct-3/4 may be important in maintaining embryonic cells in an undifferentiated state. It is probably down-regulated at about the time that human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is first expressed in embryonic trophectoderm. Here we report that Oct-3/4 strongly inhibits the hCGbeta subunit (hCGbeta) promoter in JAr choriocarcinoma cells. Oct-3/4 reduced chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT)...
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