Differentiation: the selective potentiation of chromatin domains

Potentiation is requisite for the expression of our genome. It is the mechanism of opening chromatin domains to render genes accessible to tissue-specific and ubiquitous transacting-factors that enables transcription. The results presented in this study demonstrate that modulation of stage- and cell...

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Veröffentlicht in:Development (Cambridge) 1998-12, Vol.125 (23), p.4749-4755
Hauptverfasser: Kramer, J A, McCarrey, J R, Djakiew, D, Krawetz, S A
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Zusammenfassung:Potentiation is requisite for the expression of our genome. It is the mechanism of opening chromatin domains to render genes accessible to tissue-specific and ubiquitous transacting-factors that enables transcription. The results presented in this study demonstrate that modulation of stage- and cell-type-specific gene expression during mammalian spermatogenesis involves selective potentiation of testis-expressed genes that reverses their repressive state when present in the spermatogonial stem cell. This directly contrasts hematopoiesis, which acts to selectively restrict lineage potential during differentiation from its permissive stem cell. These results are key to understanding how differentiative pathways are controlled and cellular phenotypes determined. A window to their modulation is presented.
ISSN:0950-1991
1477-9129
DOI:10.1242/dev.125.23.4749