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Comment
. 2010 Aug 17;19(2):190-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2010.07.020.

On the fast track to organizer gene expression

David Kimelman  1
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On the fast track to organizer gene expression

David Kimelman. Dev Cell. .

Abstract

Many embryonic species are initially transcriptionally quiescent after fertilization. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Blythe et al. reveal that beta-catenin acts very early in Xenopus development to specifically modify the chromatin of organizer genes, poising them for rapid activation when transcription begins.

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Regulation of Organizer gene expression in the early Xenopus embryo
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