2018
RNA tales – how embryos read and discard messages from mom
Despic V, Neugebauer KM. RNA tales – how embryos read and discard messages from mom. Journal Of Cell Science 2018, 131: jcs201996. PMID: 29467249, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.201996.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZygotic genomePost-transcriptional regulatory pathwaysMaternal mRNA clearanceMaternal mRNA degradationEarly developmentContribution of microRNAsZygotic transitionMRNA clearanceRNA regulationMRNA decayCellular contextHigh-throughput methodZebrafish embryosFemale gametesMaternal mRNAsMolecular playersMRNA degradationRNA modificationsMolecular principlesRegulatory pathwaysGenomeLater stepsMZTSilent genomeEmbryos
2017
Dynamic RNA–protein interactions underlie the zebrafish maternal-to-zygotic transition
Despic V, Dejung M, Gu M, Krishnan J, Zhang J, Herzel L, Straube K, Gerstein MB, Butter F, Neugebauer KM. Dynamic RNA–protein interactions underlie the zebrafish maternal-to-zygotic transition. Genome Research 2017, 27: 1184-1194. PMID: 28381614, PMCID: PMC5495070, DOI: 10.1101/gr.215954.116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZygotic genome activationRNA-protein interactionsMaternal mRNAsZygotic transitionSplicing factorsDynamic RNA-protein interactionsMRNA interactome capturePost-transcriptional regulationMRNA splicing factorsRNA processing eventsTranscription-dependent mannerNumerous splicing factorsInteractome captureGenome activationSequence-specific associationHnRNP proteinsRNA metabolismDramatic translocationZebrafish embryosProcessing eventsICLIP dataDevelopmental transitionsRNA targetsReporter assaysProtein constellations