Anti-Transcription factor SOX-2 SOX2 Antibody Picoband® Fluoro488 Conjugated

SRY (sex determining region Y) -box 2, also known as SOX2, is a transcription factor that is essential for maintaining self-renewal, or pluripotency of undifferentiated embryonic stem cells. Sox2 is a member of the Sox family of transcription factors, which have been shown to play key roles in many stages of mammalian development. This gene is mapped to 3q26.33. It is found that SOX2 can regulate OCT3/4 expression and maintains ES pluripotency through upstream transcription factors. SOX2 is identified as a lineage-survival oncogene in lung and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. In addition to those, SOX2 has a critical role in maintenance of embryonic and neural stem cells and holds great promise in research involving induced pluripotency, an emerging and very promising field of regenerative medicine.

A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence in the middle region of human SOX2, different from the related mouse and rat sequence by one amino acid.

Cell Type Marker, Developmental Biology, Domain Families, Embryogenesis, Embryonic Stem Cells, Epigenetics and Nuclear Signaling, Germ Cell Markers, Germline Stem Cells, Hlh/Leucine Zipper, Intracellular, Neural Signal Transduction, Neurogenesis, Neurology Process, Neuroscience, Reproduction, Stem Cells, Surface Molecules, Transcription

Transcription factor that forms a trimeric complex with OCT4 on DNA and controls the expression of a number of genes involved in embryonic development such as YES1, FGF4, UTF1 and ZFP206 (By similarity) . Critical for early embryogenesis and for embryonic stem cell pluripotency. May function as a switch in neuronal development. Downstream SRRT target that mediates the promotion of neural stem cell self-renewal (By similarity) . Keeps neural cells undifferentiated by counteracting the activity of proneural proteins and suppresses neuronal differentiation (By similarity) . .

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