Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Tet inactivation disrupts YY1 binding and long-range chromatin interactions during embryonic heart development

  • Shaohai Fang,
  • Jia Li,
  • Yang Xiao,
  • Minjung Lee,
  • Lei Guo,
  • Wei Han,
  • Tingting Li,
  • Matthew C. Hill,
  • Tingting Hong,
  • William Mo,
  • Rang Xu,
  • Ping Zhang,
  • Fen Wang,
  • Jiang Chang,
  • Yubin Zhou,
  • Deqiang Sun,
  • James F. Martin,
  • Yun Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12325-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Tet-mediated DNA demethylation is intimately involved in reguatling embryonic development. Here the authors characterise DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation dynamics during early cardiac development in both human and mice and provide evidence that Tet-mediated DNA demethylation plays a role in regulating chromatin organization during early heart development.