title: eNERgizing pluripotent gene transcription.
abstract: Nucleotide excision repair proteins are classically associated with DNA repair. However, a study by Fong et al. (2011) in the most recent issue of Cell demonstrates that the XPC/RAD23B/CETN2 nucleotide excision repair complex additionally functions as a transcriptional coactivator of Oct4/Sox2, critically regulating maintenance and reestablishment of stem cell pluripotency.
authors: The Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
authors: Jean-Pierre
authors: JP
authors: Etchegaray
authors: Raul
authors: R
authors: Mostoslavsky