A C. elegans histone methyltransferase promotes spermatocyte gene expression, spermatid production and fertility
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computational and Systems Biology Program, 2017.
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| author | Engert, Christoph G |
| author2 | H. Robert Horvitz. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1124322019-04-12T22:51:09Z A C. elegans histone methyltransferase promotes spermatocyte gene expression, spermatid production and fertility Caenorhabditis elegans histone methyltransferase promotes spermatocyte gene expression, spermatid production and fertility Engert, Christoph G H. Robert Horvitz. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computational and Systems Biology Program. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computational and Systems Biology Program. Computational and Systems Biology Program. Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computational and Systems Biology Program, 2017. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references. To better understand the tissue-specific regulation of chromatin state in cell-fate determination and development, we defined the tissue-specific expression of all 36 lysine methyltransferase (KMT) genes by endogenous mRNA detection in C. elegans. We found that most KMTs are expressed in only one or two tissues and that the germline is the tissue with the most general KMT expression. We discovered that the germline-expressed C. elegans ortholog of mammalian PRDM9, SET-1 7, promotes fertility through gene regulation in primary spermatocytes. SET-17 drives transcription of spermatocyte-specific genes from four genomic clusters to promote spermatid production. SET-1 7 is concentrated in stable, chromatin-associated nuclear foci at actively transcribed gene clusters, which we term spermatocyte transcription bodies. Our results identify the spatially restricted function of a PRDM9 ortholog in spermatocyte transcription and we propose that the spatial organization of chromatin factors might be a conserved mechanism in tissue-specific control of transcription. by Christoph G. Engert. Ph. D. 2017-12-05T19:12:34Z 2017-12-05T19:12:34Z 2017 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112432 1008776566 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 171 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Computational and Systems Biology Program. Engert, Christoph G A C. elegans histone methyltransferase promotes spermatocyte gene expression, spermatid production and fertility |
| title | A C. elegans histone methyltransferase promotes spermatocyte gene expression, spermatid production and fertility |
| title_full | A C. elegans histone methyltransferase promotes spermatocyte gene expression, spermatid production and fertility |
| title_fullStr | A C. elegans histone methyltransferase promotes spermatocyte gene expression, spermatid production and fertility |
| title_full_unstemmed | A C. elegans histone methyltransferase promotes spermatocyte gene expression, spermatid production and fertility |
| title_short | A C. elegans histone methyltransferase promotes spermatocyte gene expression, spermatid production and fertility |
| title_sort | c elegans histone methyltransferase promotes spermatocyte gene expression spermatid production and fertility |
| topic | Computational and Systems Biology Program. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112432 |
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