The first wave of the zygotic transcription is highly promiscuous and uncoupled from splicing and 3 prime end processing.
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ABSTRACT: Initiation of zygotic transcription in mammals is poorly understood. In mice, zygotic transcription is first detected shortly after pronucleus formation in 1-cell embryos but the identity of the transcribed loci and mechanisms regulating their expression are not known. Using total RNA-seq we find that transcription in 1-cell embryos is highly promiscuous such that intergenic regions are extensively expressed and thousands of genes are transcribed at relatively low levels.
INSTRUMENT(S):  Illumina HiSeq 2000 
ORGANISM(S):  Mus musculus 
SUBMITTER: Vedran Franke  
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-2950 | biostudies-arrayexpress |  
REPOSITORIES:  biostudies-arrayexpress
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