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ArticleNature cell biology2016

A twist in zygotic reprogramming.

Daniel M Messerschmidt

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Article in Nature cell biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Maternal O-GlcNAc Transferase Is Required for the Asymmetry of Epigenetic Modifications in Mouse Zygotes.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  3. DNA methylation dynamics in the germline of the marsupial tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii.DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Daniel M MesserschmidtDevelopmental Epigenetics and Disease Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science Technology and Research, 61 Biopolis Drive, Singapore 138672.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The first hours of mammalian embryogenesis are devoted to extensive epigenetic reprogramming. One hallmark is active demethylation of the paternal genome by Tet (ten-eleven translocation) enzymes. However, the process is now shown to be Tet-independent at first, with Tet enzymes only counteracting hitherto underappreciated de novo DNA methylation activity in later zygotic stages.

Indexed as

Cellular ReprogrammingDNA MethylationEpigenesis, Genetic5-MethylcytosineAnimalsCytosineZygote5-MethylcytosineCytosine

Identifiers

PMID26820436

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