Octamer transcription factor

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Octamer transcription factors are a family of transcription factors which binds to the "ATTTGCAT" DNA sequence.[1] Their DNA-binding domain is a POU domain.

There are eight Octamer proteins in humans (Oct1–11),

embryonic development.[3] Oct-6 expression is confined to embryonic stem cells and the developing nervous system and skin, while Oct-11 is also involved in skin differentiation.[3]

Human Oct proteins

References

  1. PMID 1967834
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  2. ^ Oct-5 and Oct-10 are not found in humans, while Oct-3 and Oct-4 were identified as the same protein.
  3. ^
    PMID 23747866
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