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The 9aaTAD Activation Domains in the Yamanaka Transcription Factors Oct4, Sox2, Myc, and Klf4

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic AZV NV19-05-00410.

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    Martin Piskacek, Tomas Otasevic, Martin Repko & Andrea Knight

  2. Joint Repair and Regeneration, Orthopaedic Clinic, University Hospital Brno and Faculty of Medicine Masaryk University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

    Tomas Otasevic & Martin Repko

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Piskacek, M., Otasevic, T., Repko, M. et al. The 9aaTAD Activation Domains in the Yamanaka Transcription Factors Oct4, Sox2, Myc, and Klf4. Stem Cell Rev and Rep 17, 1934–1936 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12015-021-10225-8

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