Nuclear reprogramming factor
AssigneeKyoto University
InventorsShinya Yamanaka, Kazutoshi Takahashi, Keisuke Okita
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Abstract
There is provided a nuclear reprogramming factor for a somatic cell, which comprises a gene product of each of the following three kinds of genes: an Oct family gene, a Klf family gene, and a Myc family gene, as a means for inducing reprogramming of a differentiated cell to conveniently and highly reproducibly establish an induced pluripotent stem cell having pluripotency and growth ability similar to those of ES cells without using embryo or ES cell.
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A nuclear reprogramming factor comprising an isolated Oct family gene, an isolated Klf family gene, and an isolated Myc family gene.
A nuclear reprogramming factor comprising an isolated Oct family gene, an isolated Klf family gene, and a cytokine.
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