2023
Shared retinoic acid responsive enhancers coordinately regulate nascent transcription of Hoxb coding and non-coding RNAs in the developing mouse neural tube
Afzal Z, Lange J, Nolte C, McKinney S, Wood C, Paulson A, De Kumar B, Unruh J, Slaughter B, Krumlauf R. Shared retinoic acid responsive enhancers coordinately regulate nascent transcription of Hoxb coding and non-coding RNAs in the developing mouse neural tube. Development 2023, 150: dev201259. PMID: 37102683, PMCID: PMC10233718, DOI: 10.1242/dev.201259.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsEnhancer Elements, GeneticHomeodomain ProteinsIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMiceMice, TransgenicNeural TubeTretinoinConceptsNascent transcriptionDynamic regulatory interactionsHox gene expressionCis-regulatory elementsRetinoic acid response elementMouse neural tubeTranscription of genesNon-coding RNAAcid response elementSingle-molecule fluorescentRetinoic acid responseMutant embryosHOXB clusterHox expressionAxial identityHoxb genesRegulatory interactionsTranscriptional mechanismsGene expressionDependent enhancersTranscriptionResponse elementResponsive enhancerNeural tubeCompetitive interactions
2017
Hoxa1 targets signaling pathways during neural differentiation of ES cells and mouse embryogenesis
De Kumar B, Parker H, Paulson A, Parrish M, Zeitlinger J, Krumlauf R. Hoxa1 targets signaling pathways during neural differentiation of ES cells and mouse embryogenesis. Developmental Biology 2017, 432: 151-164. PMID: 28982536, DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.09.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget genesEar developmentES cellsDifferential gene expression analysisGenome-wide analysisNeural crest specificationFunctional rolePutative target genesTransgenic mouse embryosMajor signaling pathwaysNeural crest migrationRelevant target genesDown-stream componentsMouse ES cellsGene expression analysisImportant functional roleRetinoic acidEvolutionary conservationEpigenetic marksHox cofactorsMutant phenotypeMouse embryogenesisNearby genesNeural fateMouse development
2012
Poised RNA Polymerase II Changes over Developmental Time and Prepares Genes for Future Expression
Gaertner B, Johnston J, Chen K, Wallaschek N, Paulson A, Garruss A, Gaudenz K, De Kumar B, Krumlauf R, Zeitlinger J. Poised RNA Polymerase II Changes over Developmental Time and Prepares Genes for Future Expression. Cell Reports 2012, 2: 1670-1683. PMID: 23260668, PMCID: PMC3572839, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2012.11.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPol IIMammalian embryonic stem cellsGenes de novoDevelopmental control genesPolycomb group repressionFuture gene expressionRNA Pol IIRNA polymerase IIEmbryonic stem cellsTissue-specific fashionChromatin stateDrosophila embryosPolymerase IIExtracellular signalsDevelopmental programStages of differentiationGene expressionControl genesDevelopmental timeSynchronous inductionDynamic expressionGenesStem cellsDe novoFuture expression