In order to elucidate the significance of early epigenetic modifications on the development of neural
cells during embryogenesis in the mouse, Götz and her colleagues specifically inactivated the gene Uhrf1.
Not exact matches
Baylin says certain genes that control
cell growth get turned down periodically
during certain stages of life, including
embryogenesis, when organisms are growing and developing rapidly.
Each colored circle in the image shows one of the embryo's
cells, and the corresponding tail indicates that
cell's movement over a short time interval
during early
embryogenesis (at around 3 hours post-fertilization).
This relationship is perhaps most striking
during the first stages of
embryogenesis, when
cells change in size and shape several fold in the absence of growth.
Our recent analysis of SAC signaling in C. elegans revealed that there is a gradual increase in SAC strength
during early
embryogenesis, as
cells become smaller and smaller (1).