2022
The landscape of pioneer factor activity reveals the mechanisms of chromatin reprogramming and genome activation
Miao L, Tang Y, Bonneau AR, Chan SH, Kojima ML, Pownall ME, Vejnar CE, Gao F, Krishnaswamy S, Hendry CE, Giraldez AJ. The landscape of pioneer factor activity reveals the mechanisms of chromatin reprogramming and genome activation. Molecular Cell 2022, 82: 986-1002.e9. PMID: 35182480, PMCID: PMC9327391, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.01.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome activationChromatin openingTranscription factorsPioneer factor activityDifferent transcription factorsChromatin reprogrammingPioneer factorsNucleosome positionsActive enhancersIndividual genesCore histonesTriple mutantGene activationTF inputsDevelopmental transitionsSequence contextCell typesFactor activityHistonesPioneering activityEnhancerActivationSequence of eventsPou5f3Chromatin
2019
Brd4 and P300 Confer Transcriptional Competency during Zygotic Genome Activation
Chan SH, Tang Y, Miao L, Darwich-Codore H, Vejnar CE, Beaudoin JD, Musaev D, Fernandez JP, Benitez MDJ, Bazzini AA, Moreno-Mateos MA, Giraldez AJ. Brd4 and P300 Confer Transcriptional Competency during Zygotic Genome Activation. Developmental Cell 2019, 49: 867-881.e8. PMID: 31211993, PMCID: PMC7201981, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.05.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome activationTranscriptional competencyHistone acetylationP300-dependent histone acetylationZygotic genome activationFirst zygotic genesMaternal mRNA translationZygotic genesAnimal developmentZygotic developmentDevelopmental reprogrammingMRNA translationLive imagingCell cycleSilent genomeBRD4ZebrafishGenomeTranscriptionAcetylationActivationP300FertilizationReprogrammingGenes