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ArticleCell genomics2025

Evolutionarily recent transcription factors partake in human cell cycle regulation.

Cyril Pulver, Romain Forey, Alex R Lederer, Martina Begnis, Olga Rosspopoff, Joana Carlevaro-Fita, Filipe Martins, Evarist Planet, Julien Duc, Charlène Raclot and 4 more

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Article in Cell genomics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  3. Cancer cells subvert the primate-specific KRAB zinc finger protein ZNF93 to control APOBEC3B.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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14 authors.

Cyril PulverSchool of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: cyril.pulver@alumni.epfl.ch.
Romain ForeySchool of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: romain.forey@epfl.ch.
Alex R LedererSchool of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Martina BegnisSchool of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Olga RosspopoffSchool of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Joana Carlevaro-FitaSchool of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Filipe MartinsSchool of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Evarist PlanetSchool of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; Nexco Analytics, Bâtiment Alanine, StarLab, Route de la Corniche 5A, 1066 Épalinges, Switzerland.
Julien DucNexco Analytics, Bâtiment Alanine, StarLab, Route de la Corniche 5A, 1066 Épalinges, Switzerland.
Charlène RaclotSchool of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sandra OffnerSchool of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Alexandre CoudraySchool of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Arianna DorschelSchool of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Didier TronoSchool of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: didier.trono@epfl.ch.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cell cycle is a fundamental process in eukaryotic biology and is accordingly controlled by a highly conserved core signaling cascade. However, whether recently evolved proteins also influence this process is unclear. Here, we systematically map the influence of evolutionarily recent transcription factors (TFs) on human cell cycle progression. We find that the genomic targets of select young TFs, many of which belong to the rapidly evolving Krüppel-associated box zinc-finger protein (KZFP) family, exhibit synchronized cell cycle expression. Systematic perturbation studies reveal that silencing recent TFs disrupts normal cell cycle progression, which we experimentally confirm for ZNF519, a simian-restricted KZFP. Furthermore, we show that the therian-specific KZFP ZNF274 sets the cell cycle expression and replication timing of hundreds of clustered genes, many of which are KZFPs. These findings highlight an underappreciated level of lineage specificity in cell cycle regulation.

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Cell CycleEvolution, MolecularTranscription FactorsGene Expression RegulationHumansKruppel-Like Transcription FactorsZinc FingersKruppel-Like Transcription FactorsTranscription Factorscell cycleepigeneticsH3K9me3heterochromatinKRAB zinc-finger proteinsPerturb-seqregulation of transcriptionreplication timingZNF274ZNF519

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PMID40555235
PMCPMC12366659

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