Acquisition of pluripotency in the chick embryo occurs during intrauterine embryonic development via a unique transcriptional network.

Jae-Yong HanHyo Gun LeeYoung Hyun ParkYoung Sun HwangSang Kyung KimDeivendran RengarajByung Wook ChoJeong Mook Lim

Published in: Journal of animal science and biotechnology (2018)

These results suggest that chickens have a unique pluripotent circuitry since maternally inherited cNANOG and cSOX3 may play an important role in the initial acquisition of pluripotency. Moreover, the acquisition of pluripotency in chicken embryos occurs at around EGK.VI to VIII.

Keyphrases

embryonic stem cells
cell fate
gene expression
transcription factor
heat stress
pregnant women
oxidative stress
heat shock protein