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
2005
MicroRNAs Regulate Brain Morphogenesis in Zebrafish
Giraldez AJ, Cinalli RM, Glasner ME, Enright AJ, Thomson JM, Baskerville S, Hammond SM, Bartel DP, Schier AF. MicroRNAs Regulate Brain Morphogenesis in Zebrafish. Science 2005, 308: 833-838. PMID: 15774722, DOI: 10.1126/science.1109020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA-binding domainMultiple cell typesDicer mutantsMutant embryosSmall RNAsPrecursor miRNAsAxis formationMature miRNAsRibonuclease IIIHeart developmentGene expressionBrain morphogenesisAbnormal morphogenesisLater stepsMiRNA formationMorphogenesisMutantsMiRNAsCell typesBrain formationEssential roleZebrafishBrain defectsSomitogenesisGastrulation