Histone variant H2A.Z regulates zygotic genome activation

Autor: Dafne Ibarra-Morales, Michael Rauer, Piergiuseppe Quarato, Leily Rabbani, Fides Zenk, Mariana Schulte-Sasse, Francesco Cardamone, Alejandro Gomez-Auli, Germano Cecere, Nicola Iovino
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27125-7
Popis: During embryogenesis, the genome becomes transcriptionally active in a process known as zygotic genome activation (ZGA); how ZGA is initiated is still an open question. Here the authors show histone variant H2A.Z deposition precedes RNA polymerase II binding on chromatin, before ZGA. H2A.Z loss causes transcriptional downregulation of ZGA genes and leads to changes in the 3D genome organization.
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