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REPRODUCTION
Volume 139, Issue 1, Pages 35-44Publisher
BIOSCIENTIFICA LTD
DOI: 10.1530/REP-09-0024
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [FRN13426]
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The flurry of recent publications regarding reprogramming of mature cell types to induced pluripotent stem cells raises the question: what exactly is pluripotency? A functional definition is provided by examination of the developmental potential of pluripotent stem cell types. Defining pluripotency at the molecular level, however, can be a greater challenge. Here, we examine the emerging list of genes associated with induced pluripotency, with particular attention to their functional requirement in the mouse embryo. Knowledge of the requirement for these genes in the embryo and in embryonic stem cells will advance our understanding of how to reverse the developmental clock for therapeutic benefit. Reproduction (2010) 139 35-44
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