An Oct 4-Sall 4-Nanog network controls developmental progression in the preimplantation mouse embryo

1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA, 2 Department of Statistics, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA and 3 Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA Present address: Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA Present address: Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA Present address: Univfy Inc., Los Altos, CA 94022, USA These authors contributed equally to this work * Corresponding authors. WH Wong, Department of Statistics, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University, 390 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Tel.: +1 650 725 2915; Fax: +1 650 725 8977; E-mail: whwong@stanford.edu or MWM Yao, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Tel.: +1 650 799 8003; Fax: +1 650 961 1377; E-mail: mylene.yao@gmail.com

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