Table 5. Transition states (expression levels) during reprogramming using the five experimental recipes.
| Gene | DifferentiationAttractor | DifferentiationBarrier | Valley at step(2,3,4) | hES Barrier Climb at 3,4,5 | hES Valley at step 4,5,6,7,8 | hES Attractor at step 4,5,6,7,8 |
| OCT4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| SOX2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| NANOG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct4-Sox2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| KLF4 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| FOXD3 | 0 | 0 | 0.6161 | 0.5172 | 1 | 1 |
| ZIC3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5094 | 0.4721 | 1 | 1 |
| ZFP42 | 0 | 0 | 0.5248 | 0.4893 | 1 | 1 |
| GDF3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TDGF1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PBX1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GATA2 | 1 | 1 | 0.4883 | 0.4893 | 0.2075 | 0 |
| GATA3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| hCGb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| hCGa | 1 | 1 | 0.4415 | 0.368 | 0.3774 | 0 |
| CDX2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| GATA4 | 1 | 1 | 0.6475 | 0.5043 | 0 | 0 |
| GATA6 | 1 | 1 | 0.3577 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FOXA2 | 1 | 1 | 0.5927 | 0.6352 | 0.3774 | 0 |
| AFP | 1 | 1 | 0.5779 | 0.441 | 0.4528 | 0 |
| SOX17 | 1 | 1 | 0.4119 | 0.3509 | 0.3774 | 0 |
| T | 1 | 1 | 0.4313 | 0.4506 | 0 | 0 |