Mouse Transcription Factor Sox-2, SOX2 ELI

Transcription factor that forms a trimeric complex with POU5F1 (OCT3/4) on DNA and controls the expression of a number of genes involved in embryonic development such as YES1, FGF4, UTF1 and ZFP206 (PubMed: 15863505, PubMed: 17097055, PubMed: 19740739).

Binds to the proximal enhancer region of NANOG (PubMed: 15863505).

Critical for early embryogenesis and for embryonic stem cell pluripotency (By similarity).

Downstream SRRT target that mediates the promotion of neural stem cell self-renewal (PubMed: 22198669).

Keeps neural cells undifferentiated by counteracting the activity of proneural proteins and suppresses neuronal differentiation (By similarity).

May function as a switch in neuronal development (By similarity).