worm timing paper
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Gene transcription is coordinated with, but not dependent on, cell divisions during C. elegans embryonic fate specification!
Gautham Nair, Travis Walton, John Isaac Murray, and Arjun Raj
University of Pennsylvania Department of Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania Department of GeneDcs
RNA-FISH!
10µm!
RNA!
Automated Lineaging!
Gut genes!Wild type 20C!
Transcription is slowed LESS?
Transcription is slowed MORE?
Transcription is slowed THE SAME?
Transcription is slowed THE SAME
Transcription is slowed THE SAME
- many other genes - clk-1 mutant slowdown
Transcription is slowed THE SAME
- many other genes - clk-1 mutant slowdown
Transcription is slowed THE SAME
Total Number of Cells in Embryo
Total Number of Cells in Embryo
Total Number of Cells in Embryo
Transcription is DEPENDENT on cell divisions?
emb-29(g52) mutant
Total Number of Cells in Embryo
Transcription is DEPENDENT on cell divisions? NO
Transcription is DEPENDENT on cell divisions? NO - elt-2 in E lineage - hlh-1 and unc-120 in muscle pathway
Transcription is DEPENDENT on cell divisions? NO - elt-2 in E lineage - hlh-1 and unc-120 in muscle pathway
Transcription is DEPENDENT on cell divisions? NO - elt-2 in E lineage - hlh-1 and unc-120 in muscle pathway
Gene transcription is coordinated with, but not dependent on, cell divisions during C. elegans embryonic fate specification!
Gene transcription is coordinated with, but not dependent on, cell divisions during C. elegans embryonic fate specification!
Funding: HHMI Life Sciences Research FoundaDon Fellowship Burroughs-‐Wellcome Fund NIH New Innovator Award Penn Genome FronDers InsDtute Pennsylvania Department of Health