2024
Evolutionary Innovations in Conserved Regulatory Elements Associate With Developmental Genes in Mammals
Uebbing S, Kocher A, Baumgartner M, Ji Y, Bai S, Xing X, Nottoli T, Noonan J. Evolutionary Innovations in Conserved Regulatory Elements Associate With Developmental Genes in Mammals. Molecular Biology And Evolution 2024, 41: msae199. PMID: 39302728, PMCID: PMC11465374, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msae199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSequence evolutionRegulatory evolutionDevelopmental signaling genesEnhanced evolutionEvolutionary innovationMammalian phylogenyTranscriptional enhancersGenetic variationPhenotypic variationPleiotropic genesDevelopmental genesEnhancer elementsHoofed mammalsEnhancer sequencesActivation domainSignaling genesEvolutionary adaptationDiverse organismsGenesHuman diseasesRegulatory functionsDevelopmental processesDeveloping limbCell typesMammals
2022
Modeling uniquely human gene regulatory function via targeted humanization of the mouse genome
Dutrow EV, Emera D, Yim K, Uebbing S, Kocher AA, Krenzer M, Nottoli T, Burkhardt DB, Krishnaswamy S, Louvi A, Noonan JP. Modeling uniquely human gene regulatory function via targeted humanization of the mouse genome. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 304. PMID: 35027568, PMCID: PMC8758698, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27899-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceCell DifferentiationChondrocytesChondrogenesisEmbryo, MammalianEnhancer Elements, GeneticEpigenesis, GeneticExtremitiesGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGene Knock-In TechniquesGenomeHomeodomain ProteinsHomozygoteHumansMesodermMice, Inbred C57BLModels, GeneticPan troglodytesPromoter Regions, GeneticTime FactorsConceptsHuman Accelerated RegionsGene expressionHuman-specific sequence changesDevelopmental gene regulationSingle-cell RNA sequencingGene regulatory functionsHuman evolutionEndogenous gene expressionAlters gene expressionSkeletal patterningMolecular functionsGene regulationChondrogenic mesenchymeMouse genomeRegulatory modificationHomozygous embryosLimb developmentTranscriptional enhancersTranscription factorsRNA sequencingEnhancer activityMouse embryosRegulatory functionsAccelerated regionSequence changes