RESEARCH: Molecular mechanisms to change differentiated cells to stem cells (1) Function of STEMIN, whose induction changes differentiated cells to stem cells
Mio Morishita (graduate student in SOKENDAI [The Graduate University for Advanced Studies]) and Assist. Prof. Masaki Ishikawain collaboration with Assist. Prof. Yohei Higuchi in Univ. Tokyo and Assoc. Prof. Yoshikatsu Sato in Nagoya Univ.
Induction of a transcription factor STEMIN changes Physcomitrella leaf cells to chloronema apical stem cells. We are interested in the reason why a single gene can start reprogramming of differentiated cells to stem cells with analyzing its gene regulatory network.
- Function of STEMIN, whose induction changes differentiated cells to stem cells
- Epigenetic regulation during stem cell formation
- Role of auxin in stem cell formation
- Common factor for stem cell formation between animals and plants
- A factor to connect light and wounding signals in stem cell formation
- A role of histone chaperon HIRA in stem cell formation
- Role of ING in stem cell formation
- Cell cycle reentry from the late S or G2 phase
- Role of epigenetic regulation in stem cell formation