[HTML][HTML] Emerging mechanisms and dynamics of three-dimensional genome organisation at zygotic genome activation

E Ing-Simmons, M Rigau, JM Vaquerizas - Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
The genome of an early embryo undergoes significant remodelling at the epigenetic,
transcriptional, and structural levels. New technological developments have made it …

Pioneering the developmental frontier

ED Larson, AJ Marsh, MM Harrison - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Coordinated changes in gene expression allow a single fertilized oocyte to develop into a
complex multi-cellular organism. These changes in expression are controlled by …

The DNA-to-cytoplasm ratio broadly activates zygotic gene expression in Xenopus

D Jukam, RR Kapoor, AF Straight, JM Skotheim - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
In multicellular animals, the first major event after fertilization is the switch from maternal to
zygotic control of development. During this transition, zygotic gene transcription is broadly …

Awakening of the zygotic genome by pioneer transcription factors

W Kobayashi, K Tachibana - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
After fertilization, the genome of the totipotent embryo is transcriptionally inactive and then
initiates bursts of transcription termed zygotic genome activation (ZGA). Despite the …

Control of zygotic genome activation in Xenopus

IL Blitz, KWY Cho - Current topics in developmental biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The fertilized frog egg contains all the materials needed to initiate development of a new
organism, including stored RNAs and proteins deposited during oogenesis, thus the earliest …

Pluripotency factors determine gene expression repertoire at zygotic genome activation

M Gao, M Veil, M Rosenblatt, AJ Riesle… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Awakening of zygotic transcription in animal embryos relies on maternal pioneer
transcription factors. The interplay of global and specific functions of these proteins remains …

Pou5f3 and Sox19b select gene expression repertoire at Zygotic Genome Activation

M Gao, M Veil, M Rosenblatt, A Gebhard, H Hass… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
PouV and SoxB1 family transcription factors (TFs) have emerged as master regulators of cell
fate transitions. To investigate the genetic interactions between Pou5f3 and Sox19b in …

The miR-430 locus with extreme promoter density is a transcription body organizer, which facilitates long range regulation in zygotic genome activation

Y Hadzhiev, L Wheatley, L Cooper, F Ansaloni… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
In anamniote embryos the major wave of zygotic genome activation (ZGA) starts during the
mid-blastula transition. This major wave of ZGA is facilitated by several mechanisms …

The effect of Activin pathway modulation on the expression of both pluripotency and differentiation markers during early zebrafish development compared with other …

S Hasanpour, S Eagderi, H Poorbagher… - … Zoology Part B …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Activin‐like factors control many developmental processes, including pluripotency
maintenance and differentiation. Although Activin‐like factors' action in mesendoderm …

Maternal and zygotic activin signaling promotes adequate pattern and differentiation of mesoderm through regulation of pluripotency genes during zebrafish …

S Hasanpour, S Eagderi, H Poorbagher… - … International Journal of …, 2021 - europepmc.org
To investigate the role of maternal Activin-like factors in the preservation of stemness and
mesendoderm induction, their effects were promoted and inhibited using synthetic human …