Table 6. Transition states (expression levels) during reprogramming using the five experimental recipes plus GATA6 knockdown.
| Gene | Differentiation Attractor | Differentiation Barrier | Valley at step 2 | hES Barrier at step 3 | hES Valley at step 4,5,6 | hES Attractor at 7 |
| 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 | 0.547 | 0.51 | 1 | 1 |
| ZIC3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5022 | 0.4843 | 1 | 1 |
| ZFP42 | 0 | 0 | 0.5098 | 0.4943 | 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 | 0.5186 | 0.4915 | 0.16 | 0 |
| GATA3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| hCGb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| hCGa | 1 | 1 | 0.5153 | 0.4843 | 0.4 | 0 |
| CDX2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| GATA4 | 1 | 1 | 0.546 | 0.4858 | 0 | 0 |
| GATA6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FOXA2 | 1 | 1 | 0.5033 | 0.7137 | 0.4 | 0 |
| AFP | 1 | 1 | 0.5405 | 0.3604 | 0.6 | 0 |
| SOX17 | 1 | 1 | 0.4978 | 0.463 | 0.32 | 0 |
| T | 1 | 1 | 0.5142 | 0.4843 | 0 | 0 |