Regulation of zygotic genome activation and DNA damage checkpoint acquisition at the mid-blastula transition

High-resolution analysis of gene activity during the Xenopus mid-blastula transition

(2014) Clara Collart et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The Earliest Transcribed Zygotic Genes Are Short, Newly Evolved, and Different across Species

(2014) Patricia Heyn et al.   Cell Reports

Regulatory motifs in Chk1

(2013) Michael L. Caparelli et al.   CELL CYCLE

Number of Nuclear Divisions in the Drosophila Blastoderm Controlled by Onset of Zygotic Transcription

(2013) Hung-wei Sung et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Posttranslational Control of Cdc25 Degradation Terminates Drosophila’s Early Cell-Cycle Program

(2013) Stefano Di Talia et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mechanism and Regulation of Cdc25/Twine Protein Destruction in Embryonic Cell-Cycle Remodeling

(2013) Jeffrey A. Farrell et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Embryonic Linker Histone H1 Variant of Drosophila, dBigH1, Regulates Zygotic Genome Activation

(2013) Salvador Pérez-Montero et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Titration of Four Replication Factors Is Essential for the Xenopus laevis Midblastula Transition

(2013) C. Collart et al.   SCIENCE

Phosphorylation of Claspin is triggered by the nucleocytoplasmic ratio at the Xenopus laevis midblastula transition

(2011) Tetsuya Gotoh et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

An essential role for transcription before the MBT in Xenopus laevis

(2011) Jennifer Skirkanich et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Gene length may contribute to graded transcriptional responses in the Drosophila embryo

(2011) Peter McHale et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Prepatterning of Developmental Gene Expression by Modified Histones before Zygotic Genome Activation

(2011) Leif C. Lindeman et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The Nuclear Pore Complex Protein Elys Is Required for Genome Stability in Mouse Intestinal Epithelial Progenitor Cells

(2011) Nan Gao et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

β-Catenin Primes Organizer Gene Expression by Recruiting a Histone H3 Arginine 8 Methyltransferase, Prmt2

(2010) Shelby A. Blythe et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Coupling of zygotic transcription to mitotic control at the Drosophila mid-blastula transition

(2009) X. Lu et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The maternal-to-zygotic transition: a play in two acts

(2009) W. Tadros et al.   DEVELOPMENT

An essential role for the RNA-binding protein Smaug during the Drosophila maternal-to-zygotic transition

(2009) B. Benoit et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Taking the time to make important decisions: The checkpoint effector kinases Chk1 and Chk2 and the DNA damage response

(2009) Travis H. Stracker et al.   DNA REPAIR

Chk1 Suppresses a Caspase-2 Apoptotic Response to DNA Damage that Bypasses p53, Bcl-2, and Caspase-3

(2008) Samuel Sidi et al.   CELL

G2 acquisition by transcription-independent mechanism at the zebrafish midblastula transition

(2008) Damian E. Dalle Nogare et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Intron Delays and Transcriptional Timing during Development

(2008) Ian A. Swinburne et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Regulation of Chk1 by Its C-terminal Domain

(2008) Ana Kosoy et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

The zinc-finger protein Zelda is a key activator of the early zygotic genome in Drosophila

(2008) Hsiao-Lan Liang et al.   NATURE

ATR: an essential regulator of genome integrity

(2008) Karlene A. Cimprich et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY