Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Dynamic changes in the epigenomic landscape regulate human organogenesis and link to developmental disorders

  • Dave T. Gerrard,
  • Andrew A. Berry,
  • Rachel E. Jennings,
  • Matthew J. Birket,
  • Peyman Zarrineh,
  • Myles G. Garstang,
  • Sarah L. Withey,
  • Patrick Short,
  • Sandra Jiménez-Gancedo,
  • Panos N. Firbas,
  • Ian Donaldson,
  • Andrew D. Sharrocks,
  • Karen Piper Hanley,
  • Matthew E. Hurles,
  • José Luis Gomez-Skarmeta,
  • Nicoletta Bobola,
  • Neil A. Hanley

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17305-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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How the epigenomic landscape linked to transcription regulates human embryonic development is unclear. Here, the authors analyse the dynamics of H3K27Ac, H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 during the period when organs first assemble as a platform for understanding noncoding developmental disorders.