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A conserved maternal-specific repressive domain in Zelda revealed by Cas9-mediated mutagenesis in Drosophila melanogaster.
PLoS genetics - 1 Dec 2017
Hamm Danielle C, Larson Elizabeth D, Nevil Markus, Marshall Kelsey E, Bondra Eliana R, Harrison Melissa M
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In nearly all metazoans, the earliest stages of development are controlled by maternally deposited mRNAs and proteins. The zygotic genome becomes transcriptionally active hours after fertilization. Transcriptional activation during this maternal-to-zygotic transition (MZT) is tightly coordinated with the degradation of maternally provided mRNAs. In Drosophila melanogaster, the transcription factor Zelda plays an...
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