Dissecting the enhancer gene regulatory network in early Drosophila spermatogenesis

Cellular decision-making and tissue homeostasis are governed by transcriptional networks shaped by chromatin accessibility. Using single-nucleus multi-omics, we jointly profile gene expression and chromatin accessibility in 10,335 cells from the Drosophila testis apical tip. This enables inference o...

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Hauptverfasser: Nierop y Sanchez, Patrick van (VerfasserIn) , Santhi Sekhar, Pallavi (VerfasserIn) , Yildirim, Kerem (VerfasserIn) , Lange, Tim (VerfasserIn) , Kreplin, Laura Zoe (VerfasserIn) , Muruga Boopathy, Vigneshwarr (VerfasserIn) , Rosswag de Souza, Stephanie (VerfasserIn) , Dammer, Kim (VerfasserIn) , Ibberson, David (VerfasserIn) , Wang, Qian (VerfasserIn) , Domsch, Katrin (VerfasserIn) , Stokkermans, Anniek (VerfasserIn) , Pandey, Shubhanshu (VerfasserIn) , Kaspar, Petra (VerfasserIn) , Martinez-Gallegos, Rafael (VerfasserIn) , Gao, Xuefan (VerfasserIn) , Singh, Aakriti (VerfasserIn) , Engel, Natalja (VerfasserIn) , Port, Fillip (VerfasserIn) , Boutros, Michael (VerfasserIn) , Bageritz, Josephine (VerfasserIn) , Lohmann, Ingrid (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 23 July 2025
In: Nature Communications
Year: 2025, Jahrgang: 16, Pages: 1-19
ISSN:2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-62046-9
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62046-9
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Verfasserangaben:Patrick van Nierop y Sanchez, Pallavi Santhi Sekhar, Kerem Yildirim, Tim Lange, Laura Zoe Kreplin, Vigneshwarr Muruga Boopathy, Stephanie Rosswag de Souza, Kim Dammer, David Ibberson, Qian Wang, Katrin Domsch, Anniek Stokkermans, Shubhanshu Pandey, Petra Kaspar, Rafael Martinez-Gallegos, Xuefan Gao, Aakriti Singh, Natalja Engel, Fillip Port, Michael Boutros, Josephine Bageritz & Ingrid Lohmann

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