Disabling de novo DNA methylation in embryonic stem cells allows an illegitimate fate trajectory
Masaki Kinoshita, Meng Amy Li, Michael Barber, William M. Mansfield, Sabine Dietmann, Austin G Smith
The paper shows that disabling de novo DNA methylation in embryonic stem cells causes them to adopt a trophoblast fate instead of proper differentiation, due to misexpression of Ascl2.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Sep 13, 2021Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology