Single-cell RNA-seq analysis of mouse embryonic stem cells before and after Cohesin depletion
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ABSTRACT: The contrast between the disruption of genome topology upon cohesin loss and the lack of downstream gene expression changes instigates intense debates regarding the structure-function relationship between genome and gene regulation. Here, by analyzing transcriptome at the single-cell level, we discover that, instead of dictating population-wide gene expression levels, cohesin supplies a general function to neutralize stochastic co-expression tendency of cis-linked genes in single cells. Notably, through single-cell RNA-seq profiling of genes in mouse embryonic stem cells, we found that cohesin loss induces widespread gene co-activation in cis. Our results support that cohesin arranges nuclear topology to control gene co-expression in single cells.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE264649 | GEO | 2024/05/01
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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