Transposable elements shape the evolution of mammalian development

AD Senft, TS Macfarlan - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) promote genetic innovation but also threaten genome stability.
Despite multiple layers of host defence, TEs actively shape mammalian-specific …

Vertebrate endoderm development and organ formation

AM Zorn, JM Wells - Annual Review of Cell and Developmental, 2009 - annualreviews.org
The endoderm germ layer contributes to the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts and to all
of their associated organs. Over the past decade, studies in vertebrate model organisms …

The role of KRAB-ZFPs in transposable element repression and mammalian evolution

P Yang, Y Wang, TS Macfarlan - Trends in Genetics, 2017 - cell.com
Kruppel-associated box zinc-finger proteins (KRAB-ZFPs) make up the largest family of
transcription factors in humans. These proteins emerged in the last common ancestor of …

An update to the list of mouse mutants with neural tube closure defects and advances toward a complete genetic perspective of neural tube closure

MJ Harris, DM Juriloff - Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The number of mouse mutants and strains with neural tube defects (NTDs) now exceeds
240, including 205 representing specific genes, 30 for unidentified genes, and 9 …

The arms race between KRAB–zinc finger proteins and endogenous retroelements and its impact on mammals

M Bruno, M Mahgoub… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Nearly half of the human genome consists of endogenous retroelements (EREs) and their
genetic remnants, a small fraction of which carry the potential to propagate in the host …

Adaptive evolution in zinc finger transcription factors

RO Emerson, JH Thomas - PLoS genetics, 2009 - journals.plos.org
The majority of human genes are conserved among mammals, but some gene families have
undergone extensive expansion in particular lineages. Here, we present an evolutionary …

Vertebrate intestinal endoderm development

JR Spence, R Lauf, NF Shroyer - Developmental dynamics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The endoderm gives rise to the lining of the esophagus, stomach and intestines, as well as
associated organs. To generate a functional intestine, a series of highly orchestrated …

Coevolution of retroelements and tandem zinc finger genes

JH Thomas, S Schneider - Genome research, 2011 - genome.cshlp.org
Vertebrate genomes encode large and highly variable numbers of tandem C2H2 zinc finger
(tandem ZF) transcription factor proteins. In mammals, most tandem ZF genes also encode a …

The genomic architecture of segmental duplications and associated copy number variants in dogs

TJ Nicholas, Z Cheng, M Ventura, K Mealey… - Genome …, 2009 - genome.cshlp.org
Structural variation is an important and abundant source of genetic and phenotypic variation.
Here we describe the first systematic and genome-wide analysis of segmental duplications …

A common mode of recognition for methylated CpG

Y Liu, X Zhang, RM Blumenthal, X Cheng - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2013 - cell.com
Much is known about vertebrate DNA methylation, however it is not known how methylated
CpG within particular sequences is recognized. Two recent structures of C2H2 zinc finger …