Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprint
The role of maternal pioneer factors in predefining first zygotic responses to inductive signals
George E. Gentsch, Thomas Spruce, Nick D. L. Owens, James C. Smith
This study shows maternal factors like Pou5f3 and Sox3 remodel chromatin to define early competence for germ layer formation in Xenopus tropicalis embryos.