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 PMID:37611097  

Transcript accumulation rates in the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo.

Priya Sivaramakrishnan | Cameron Watkins | John Isaac Murray
Science advances | 2023

Dynamic transcriptional changes are widespread in rapidly dividing developing embryos when cell fate decisions are made quickly. The Caenorhabditis elegans embryo overcomes these constraints partly through the rapid production of high levels of transcription factor mRNAs. Transcript accumulation rates for some developmental genes are known at single-cell resolution, but genome-scale measurements are lacking. We estimate zygotic mRNA accumulation rates from single-cell RNA sequencing data calibrated with single-molecule transcript imaging. Rapid transcription is common in the early C. elegans embryo with rates highest soon after zygotic transcription begins. High-rate genes are enriched for recently duplicated cell-fate regulators and share common genomic features. We identify core promoter elements associated with high rate and measure their contributions for two early endomesodermal genes, ceh-51 and sdz-31. Individual motifs modestly affect accumulation rates, suggesting multifactorial control. These results are a step toward estimating absolute transcription kinetics and understanding how transcript dosage drives developmental decisions.

Pubmed ID: 37611097

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  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R35 GM127093

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