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ArticleeLife2021

GAF is essential for zygotic genome activation and chromatin accessibility in the early

Marissa M Gaskill, Tyler J Gibson, Elizabeth D Larson, Melissa M Harrison

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers.

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93citing papers in PubMed
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

93 citing papers in PubMed, 149 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marissa M Gaskill *Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, United States.
Tyler J Gibson *Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2796-2176
Elizabeth D LarsonDepartment of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, United States.
Melissa M HarrisonDepartment of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8228-6836
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

GRADUATE TRAINING IN MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCEST32GM007215 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI HULL, CHRISTINA M · 1985 to 2018
$22.5M
Genomic reprogramming in the early embryoR35GM136298 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Melissa Harrison · 2020 to 2026
$2.8M
Mechanisms of genomic reprogramming and transcriptional activation in the embryoR01GM111694 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI HARRISON, MELISSA · 2015 to 2019
$1.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM111694NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136298NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007215
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Following fertilization, the genomes of the germ cells are reprogrammed to form the totipotent embryo. Pioneer transcription factors are essential for remodeling the chromatin and driving the initial wave of zygotic gene expression. In

Indexed as

GenomeTranscriptional ActivationAnimalsChromatinDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEmbryo, NonmammalianTranscription FactorsZygoteChromatinDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophila ProteinsTranscription FactorsTrl protein, DrosophilachromatinchromosomesD. melanogastergene expressionmaternal-to-zygotic transitionpioneer factortranscriptionzygotic genome activation

Identifiers

PMID33720012
PMCPMC8079149
OpenAlexW3136653535

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