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ArticleNature communications2021

Characterising open chromatin in chick embryos identifies cis-regulatory elements important for paraxial mesoderm formation and axis extension.

Gi Fay Mok, Leighton Folkes, Shannon A Weldon, Eirini Maniou, Victor Martinez-Heredia, Alice M Godden, Ruth M Williams, Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, Grant N Wheeler, Simon Moxon and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gi Fay MokSchool of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Leighton FolkesSchool of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4009-6540
Shannon A WeldonSchool of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Eirini ManiouSchool of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9419-7374
Victor Martinez-HerediaSchool of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Alice M GoddenSchool of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5760-011X
Ruth M WilliamsMRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Tatjana Sauka-SpenglerMRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9289-0263
Grant N WheelerSchool of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4335-8577
Simon MoxonSchool of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4644-1816
Andrea E MünsterbergSchool of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. a.munsterberg@uea.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4577-4240
University of East Anglia · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/N007034/1Medical Research Council MR/R000549/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Somites arising from paraxial mesoderm are a hallmark of the segmented vertebrate body plan. They form sequentially during axis extension and generate musculoskeletal cell lineages. How paraxial mesoderm becomes regionalised along the axis and how this correlates with dynamic changes of chromatin accessibility and the transcriptome remains unknown. Here, we report a spatiotemporal series of ATAC-seq and RNA-seq along the chick embryonic axis. Footprint analysis shows differential coverage of binding sites for several key transcription factors, including CDX2, LEF1 and members of HOX clusters. Associating accessible chromatin with nearby expressed genes identifies cis-regulatory elements (CRE) for TCF15 and MEOX1. We determine their spatiotemporal activity and evolutionary conservation in Xenopus and human. Epigenome silencing of endogenous CREs disrupts TCF15 and MEOX1 gene expression and recapitulates phenotypic abnormalities of anterior-posterior axis extension. Our integrated approach allows dissection of paraxial mesoderm regulatory circuits in vivo and has implications for investigating gene regulatory networks.

Indexed as

ChromatinGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalTranscriptomeAnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsCDX2 Transcription FactorCell LineageChick EmbryoFemaleGastrulationHomeodomain ProteinsLymphoid Enhancer-Binding Factor 1MesodermRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidSomitesTranscription FactorsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsCDX2 Transcription FactorChromatinHomeodomain ProteinsHoxA proteinLymphoid Enhancer-Binding Factor 1Transcription Factors

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PMID33608545
PMCPMC7895974
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