2020
Analysis of accessible chromatin landscape in the inner cell mass and trophectoderm of human blastocysts
Yang M, Tao X, Titus S, Zhao T, Scott RT, Seli E. Analysis of accessible chromatin landscape in the inner cell mass and trophectoderm of human blastocysts. Molecular Human Reproduction 2020, 26: 702-711. PMID: 32663300, DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaaa048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInner cell massHuman preimplantation embryosEpigenetic regulationPreimplantation embryosCell lineage specificationChromatin accessibility landscapeAccessible chromatin landscapePreimplantation human blastocystsEarly embryonic developmentTranscription start siteCell massEarly embryo developmentHuman blastocystsDistal regionChromatin landscapeAccessible chromatinLineage specificationChromatin structureLow DNA inputATAC-seqTrophectoderm differentiationChromosome reorganizationAccessibility landscapeHuman embryonic materialEmbryonic development
2012
Embryonic poly(A)-binding protein (ePAB) phosphorylation is required for Xenopus oocyte maturation
Friend K, Brook M, Bezirci FB, Sheets MD, Gray NK, Seli E. Embryonic poly(A)-binding protein (ePAB) phosphorylation is required for Xenopus oocyte maturation. Biochemical Journal 2012, 445: 93-100. PMID: 22497250, PMCID: PMC3955212, DOI: 10.1042/bj20120304.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlotting, WesternCytoplasmFemaleFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalImmunoprecipitationMutationOocytesOogenesisPhosphorylationPoly APoly(A)-Binding ProteinsPolyadenylationProtein BiosynthesisProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalRNA, MessengerXenopus laevisXenopus ProteinsConceptsCytoplasmic polyadenylationOocyte maturationPost-transcriptional regulatorsEarly embryonic developmentPost-translational modificationsXenopus oocyte maturationMaternal mRNAsProtein phosphorylationResidue clustersTranslational activationEmbryonic developmentXenopus laevis oocytesProtein activityPhosphorylationFirst insightLaevis oocytesPolyadenylationInherent abilityEPABMaturationPhosphoproteinRegulatorMutationsMRNAOocytes