Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Satb2 acts as a gatekeeper for major developmental transitions during early vertebrate embryogenesis

  • Saurabh J. Pradhan,
  • Puli Chandramouli Reddy,
  • Michael Smutny,
  • Ankita Sharma,
  • Keisuke Sako,
  • Meghana S. Oak,
  • Rini Shah,
  • Mrinmoy Pal,
  • Ojas Deshpande,
  • Greg Dsilva,
  • Yin Tang,
  • Rakesh Mishra,
  • Girish Deshpande,
  • Antonio J. Giraldez,
  • Mahendra Sonawane,
  • Carl-Philipp Heisenberg,
  • Sanjeev Galande

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26234-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Activation of the zygotic genome is a critical transition during development, though the link to tissue-specific gene regulation remains unclear. Here the authors demonstrate distinct functions for Satb2 before and after zygotic genome activation, highlighting the temporal coordination of these roles.