OMA-gosh, where's that TAF?

Blackwell, T Keith; Walker, Amy K · Cell · 2008

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

How transcription is silenced in early embryos has long been a mystery. In this issue, Guven-Ozkan et al. (2008) report that transcriptional repression during worm embryogenesis is mediated through sequestration of the general transcription factor TAF-4 and is regulated by mechanisms that orchestrate the transition between maternal and zygotic gene expression.

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