Figure 2.
CMS genes associated with ES cell differentiation. (a) Gene clustering showing the gene expression profiles of CMS genes during retinotic acid (RA)-induced differentiation in human ES cells. Only genes with twofold or greater change in at least one time point during differentiation are shown. Self-renewing factors, OCT4, SOX2 and NANOG2, were included in this analysis as experimental control. The genes were rank ordered in terms of fold-changes. In total, 40 CMS genes were found to be associated with differentiation and 68 genes were found to be associated with self-renewal. Hand1 was ranked ordered as top CMS gene associated with differentiation. (b) Listed are 21 PRC2 target genes previously identified in ES cells