Anti-SOX-2

Sox2,also known as SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 2,is a transcription factor essential for maintaining self-renewal of undifferentiated ES cells and is one of the key transcription factors used to reprogram mouse and human fibroblasts to a pluripotent state. Sox2 expressed in undifferentiated pluripotent stem cells and germ cells during development. Protein function: 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. 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. Keeps neural cells undifferentiated by counteracting the activity of proneural proteins and suppresses neuronal differentiation. [The UniProt Consortium]