Enhancer-associated H3K4 methylation safeguards in vitro germline competence

While inductive signals controlling germline specification are well characterized, the intrinsic factors that allow epiblast cells to respond to such signals remain largely unknown. Here the authors use in vitro differentiated primordial germ cells to show that partial retention of histone H3K4 mono...

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Main Authors: Tore Bleckwehl, Giuliano Crispatzu, Kaitlin Schaaf, Patricia Respuela, Michaela Bartusel, Laura Benson, Stephen J. Clark, Kristel M. Dorighi, Antonio Barral, Magdalena Laugsch, Wilfred F. J. van IJcken, Miguel Manzanares, Joanna Wysocka, Wolf Reik, Álvaro Rada-Iglesias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26065-6
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Summary:While inductive signals controlling germline specification are well characterized, the intrinsic factors that allow epiblast cells to respond to such signals remain largely unknown. Here the authors use in vitro differentiated primordial germ cells to show that partial retention of histone H3K4 monomethylation within relevant enhancers is important for germline competence and specification.
ISSN:2041-1723