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 genomeEmbryosDynamics and Function of Nuclear Bodies during Embryogenesis
Escayola D, Neugebauer K. Dynamics and Function of Nuclear Bodies during Embryogenesis. Biochemistry 2018, 57: 2462-2469. PMID: 29473743, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01262.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNuclear bodiesCajal bodiesRNA processingZygotic gene productsRNA-protein complexesEfficient RNA processingFunction of nucleoliNuclear body formationGene elementsVariety of organismsZygotic genomeZygotic transitionGenomic lociNascent RNAModel organismsNuclear stepsTranscriptional activationEarly embryosNuclear proteinsGene productsGene locusMembraneless organellesBody formationExcellent modelCell nuclei
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