Unconjugated Rabbit anti-Human, Mouse, Rat Oct4 Polyclonal Antibody [IgG]

MGC22487; Oct 3; Oct 4; Oct-3; Oct-4; OCT3; Oct4; Octamer binding protein 3; Octamer-binding protein 3; Octamer binding protein 4; Octamer binding transcription factor 3; Octamer-binding transcription factor 3; Octamer-4; POU domain transcription factor OCT4; OTF3; OTF4; OTF 3; OTF 4; OTF-3; POU class 5 homeobox 1; POU domain, class 5, transcription factor 1; POU domain class 5 transcription factor 1; PO5F1_HUMAN; POU type homeodomain containing DNA binding protein ; POU5F1.

Expression of the POU-domain transcription factor Octamer-4 (Oct-4) is widely regarded as a hallmark of pluripotent stem cells. The relationship of Oct-4 to pluripotent stem cells is indicated by its tightly restricted expression to undifferentiated pluripotent stem cells. Upon differentiation to somatic lineages, the expression of Oct-4 disappears rapidly. Unlike the majority of pluripotent stem cell markers, the biological role of Oct-4 has been well characterized. Studies performed in mice point to the critical role of Oct-4 in the establishment and/or maintenance of pluripotent stem cells in an uncommitted state.