Chromatin signature of embryonic pluripotency is established during zygotic genome activation [Danio rerio]

ABSTRACT: [PROJECT] After fertilization the embryonic genome is inactive until transcription is initiated during the maternal-zygotic transition (MZT). This universal process coincides with the formation of pluripotent cells, which in mammals can be used to generate embryonic stem (ES) cells. To study the changes in chromatin structure that accompany zygotic genome activation and pluripotency, we mapped the genomic locations of histone H3 modifications before and after MZT in zebrafish embryos. Repressive H3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) and activating H3 lysine 4 trimethylation (H3K4me3) are only detected after MZT. H3K4me3 marks more than 80% of genes, including many developmental regulatory genes that are also occupied by H3K27me3. Sequential chromatin immunoprecipitation demonstrates that

ORGANISM(S): Danio rerio

SUBMITTER: Yong Zhang 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-20023 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress