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(Submitter supplied) The Xenopus mid-blastula transition (MBT) marks the onset of large-scale zygotic transcription, as well as an increase in cell cycle length and a loss of synchronous cell divisions. Little is known about what triggers the activation of transcription or how newly expressed genes interact with each other. Here we use high-resolution expression profiling to identify three waves of gene activity: a post-fertilization wave involving polyadenylation of maternal transcripts; a broad wave of zygotic transcription detectable as early as the 7th cleavage and extending beyond the MBT at the 12th cleavage; and a shorter post-MBT wave of transcription that becomes apparent as development proceeds. more...

Organism:

Xenopus tropicalis

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platforms:

GPL18470 GPL13741

52 Samples

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