Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Sep 16. A set of genes critical to development is epigenetically poised in mouse germ cells from fetal stages through completion of meiosis. abstract: In multicellular organisms, germ cells carry the hereditary material from one generation to the ne ...
8 August, 2013 Volume 51, Issue 3 On the cover: Cell-specific transcriptional responses to extra- and intracellular signals require the combined activities of promoters and enhancers. Although recent studies suggest a hierarchical model in which lineage-determining factors prime cell-speci ...