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ArticlePLoS biology2014

Mitosis gives a brief window of opportunity for a change in gene transcription.

Richard P Halley-Stott, Jerome Jullien, Vincent Pasque, John Gurdon

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Article in PLoS biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Richard P Halley-StottWellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, The Henry Wellcome Building of Cancer and Developmental Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Jerome JullienWellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, The Henry Wellcome Building of Cancer and Developmental Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Vincent PasqueDepartment of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, The Eli and Edith Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
John GurdonWellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, The Henry Wellcome Building of Cancer and Developmental Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Wellcome Trust · GBUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USWellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/B/14647Medical Research Council G1001690Wellcome Trust 088333/Z/09/ZWellcome Trust 092096Wellcome Trust 101050
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell differentiation is remarkably stable but can be reversed by somatic cell nuclear transfer, cell fusion, and iPS. Nuclear transfer to amphibian oocytes provides a special opportunity to test transcriptional reprogramming without cell division. We show here that, after nuclear transfer to amphibian oocytes, mitotic chromatin is reprogrammed up to 100 times faster than interphase nuclei. We find that, as cells traverse mitosis, their genes pass through a temporary phase of unusually high responsiveness to oocyte reprogramming factors (mitotic advantage). Mitotic advantage is not explained by nuclear penetration, DNA modifications, histone acetylation, phosphorylation, methylation, nor by salt soluble chromosomal proteins. Our results suggest that histone H2A deubiquitination may account, at least in part, for the acquisition of mitotic advantage. They support the general principle that a temporary access of cytoplasmic factors to genes during mitosis may facilitate somatic cell nuclear reprogramming and the acquisition of new cell fates in normal development.

Indexed as

Cellular ReprogrammingTranscription, GeneticAmphibiansAnimalsCell LineChromatinHistonesMiceMitosisNuclear Transfer TechniquesOocytesChromatinHistones

Identifiers

PMID25072650
PMCPMC4114836
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