ArticleDevelopmental cell2020
Folding Keratin Gene Clusters during Skin Regional Specification.
Article in Developmental cell, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Molecular insights into region-specific sexual dichromatism: Comparative transcriptome analysis of red cheek pigmentation in zebra finches.PLoS genetics · 2025Article
- Skin regional specification and higher-orderScience advances · 2025Article
- Conserved regulatory switches for the transition from natal down to juvenile feather in birds.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Development-Associated Genes of the Epidermal Differentiation Complex (EDC).Journal of developmental biology · 2024Review
- Transition from natal downs to juvenile feathers: conserved regulatory switches in Neoaves.Research square · 2023Article
- A Kaleidoscope of Keratin Gene Expression and the Mosaic of Its Regulatory Mechanisms.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Regional specific differentiation of integumentary organs: SATB2 is involved in α- and β-keratin gene cluster switching in the chicken.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2022Article
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- Analysis and comparison of protein secondary structures in the rachis of avian flight feathers.PeerJ · 2022Article
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- Skin epigenetics.Experimental dermatology · 2021Article
- Programmed suppression of oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial function by gestational alcohol exposure correlate with widespread increases in H3K9me2 that do not suppress transcription.Epigenetics & chromatin · 2021Article
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Abstract
Regional specification is critical for skin development, regeneration, and evolution. The contribution of epigenetics in this process remains unknown. Here, using avian epidermis, we find two major strategies regulate β-keratin gene clusters. (1) Over the body, macro-regional specificities (scales, feathers, claws, etc.) established by typical enhancers control five subclusters located within the epidermal differentiation complex on chromosome 25; (2) within a feather, micro-regional specificities are orchestrated by temporospatial chromatin looping of the feather β-keratin gene cluster on chromosome 27. Analyses suggest a three-factor model for regional specification: competence factors (e.g., AP1) make chromatin accessible, regional specifiers (e.g., Zic1) target specific genome regions, and chromatin regulators (e.g., CTCF and SATBs) establish looping configurations. Gene perturbations disrupt morphogenesis and histo-differentiation. This chicken skin paradigm advances our understanding of how regulation of big gene clusters can set up a two-dimensional body surface map.
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