KRAB zinc finger proteins

G Ecco, M Imbeault, D Trono - Development, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Krüppel-associated box domain zinc finger proteins (KRAB-ZFPs) are the largest family of
transcriptional regulators in higher vertebrates. Characterized by an N-terminal KRAB …

Comparative transcriptomics in human and mouse

A Breschi, TR Gingeras, R Guigó - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
Cross-species comparisons of genomes, transcriptomes and gene regulation are now
feasible at unprecedented resolution and throughput, enabling the comparison of human …

Conserved roles of mouse DUX and human DUX4 in activating cleavage-stage genes and MERVL/HERVL retrotransposons

PG Hendrickson, JA Doráis, EJ Grow, JL Whiddon… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
To better understand transcriptional regulation during human oogenesis and
preimplantation development, we defined stage-specific transcription, which highlighted the …

[HTML][HTML] Derivation of pluripotent stem cells with in vivo embryonic and extraembryonic potency

Y Yang, B Liu, J Xu, J Wang, J Wu, C Shi, Y Xu, J Dong… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Of all known cultured stem cell types, pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) sit atop the landscape of
developmental potency and are characterized by their ability to generate all cell types of an …

Conservation and innovation in the DUX4-family gene network

JL Whiddon, AT Langford, CJ Wong, JW Zhong… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD; MIM 158900, MIM 158901) is caused by
misexpression of the DUX4 transcription factor in skeletal muscle. Animal models of FSHD …

[PDF][PDF] Nuclear localization of mitochondrial TCA cycle enzymes as a critical step in mammalian zygotic genome activation

R Nagaraj, MS Sharpley, F Chi, D Braas, Y Zhou… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Transcriptional control requires epigenetic changes directed by mitochondrial tricarboxylic
acid (TCA) cycle metabolites. In the mouse embryo, global epigenetic changes occur during …

Spatial transcriptomic analysis of cryosectioned tissue samples with Geo-seq

J Chen, S Suo, PPL Tam, JDJ Han, G Peng, N Jing - Nature protocols, 2017 - nature.com
Conventional gene expression studies analyze multiple cells simultaneously or single cells,
for which the exact in vivo or in situ position is unknown. Although cellular heterogeneity can …

[PDF][PDF] XACT noncoding RNA competes with XIST in the control of X chromosome activity during human early development

C Vallot, C Patrat, AJ Collier, C Huret, M Casanova… - Cell stem cell, 2017 - cell.com
Sex chromosome dosage compensation is essential in most metazoans, but the
developmental timing and underlying mechanisms vary significantly, even among placental …

[PDF][PDF] Protein expression landscape of mouse embryos during pre-implantation development

Y Gao, X Liu, B Tang, C Li, Z Kou, L Li, W Liu, Y Wu… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Pre-implantation embryo development is an intricate and precisely regulated process
orchestrated by maternally inherited proteins and newly synthesized proteins following …

[PDF][PDF] Single-cell 5-formylcytosine landscapes of mammalian early embryos and ESCs at single-base resolution

C Zhu, Y Gao, H Guo, B Xia, J Song, X Wu, H Zeng… - Cell stem cell, 2017 - cell.com
Active DNA demethylation in mammals involves ten-eleven translocation (TET) family
protein-mediated oxidation of 5-methylcytosine (5mC). However, base-resolution …