Publications of Kikue Tachibana

Kravchenko, P.; Tachibana, K.: Rise and SINE: Roles of transcription factors and retrotransposons in zygotic genome activation. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 26 (1), pp. 68 - 79 (2025)

Bondarieva, A.; Tachibana, K.: Genome folding and zygotic genome activation in mammalian preimplantation embryos. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 89, 102268 (2024)

Sharma, N.; Coticchio, G.; Borini, A.; Tachibana, K.; Nasmyth, K. A.; Schuh, M.: Changes in DNA repair compartments and cohesin loss promote DNA damage accumulation in aged oocytes. Current Biology 34 (22), pp. 5131 - 5148 (2024)

Kobayashi, W.; Sappler, A. H.; Bollschweiler, D.; Kümmecke, M.; Basquin, J.; Arslantas, E. N.; Ruangroengkulrith, S.; Hornberger, R.; Duderstadt, K.; Tachibana, K.: Nucleosome-bound NR5A2 structure reveals pioneer factor mechanism by DNA minor groove anchor competition. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 31 (5), pp. 757 - 766 (2024)

Das, A.; Boese, K. G.; Tachibana, K.; Baek, S. H.; Lampson, M. A.; Black, B. E.: Centromere-specifying nucleosomes persist in aging mouse oocytes in the absence of nascent assembly. Current Biology 33 (17), pp. 3759 - 3765 (2023)

Gassler, J.; Kobayashi, W.; Gáspár, I.; Ruangroengkulrith, S.; Mohanan, A.; Gómez Hernández, L.; Kravchenko, P.; Kümmecke, M.; Lalic, A.; Rifel, N. et al.; Ashburn, R. J.; Zaczek, M.; Vallot, A.; Cuenca Rico, L.; Ladstätter, S.; Tachibana, K.: Zygotic genome activation by the totipotency pioneer factor Nr5a2. Science 378 (6626), pp. 1305 - 1315 (2022)

Nagano, M.; Hu, B.; Yokobayashi, S.; Yamamura, A.; Umemura, F.; Coradin, M.; Ohta, H.; Yabuta, Y.; Ishikura, Y.; Okamoto, I. et al.; Ikeda, H.; Kawahira, N.; Nosaka, Y.; Shimizu, S.; Kojima, Y.; Mizuta, K.; Kasahara, T.; Imoto, Y.; Meehan, K.; Stocsits, R.; Wutz, G.; Hiraoka, Y.; Murakawa, Y.; Yamamoto, T.; Tachibana, K.; Peters, J.-M.; Mirny, L. A.; Garcia, B. A.; Majewski, J.; Saitou, M.: Nucleome programming is required for the foundation of totipotency in mammalian germline development. The EMBO Journal 41 (13), e110600 (2022)

Dequeker, B. J. H.; Scherr, M. J.; Brandao, H. B.; Gassler, J.; Powell, S.; Gaspar, I.; Flyamer, I. M.; Lalic, A.; Tang, W.; Stocsits, R. et al.; Davidson, I. F.; Peters, J. M.; Duderstadt, K.; Mirny, L. A.; Tachibana, K.: MCM complexes are barriers that restrict cohesin-mediated loop extrusion. Nature 606 (7912), pp. 197 - 203 (2022)

Chatzidaki, E. E.; Powell, S.; Dequeker, B. J. H.; Gassler, J.; Silva, M. C. C.; Tachibana, K.: Ovulation suppression protects against chromosomal abnormalities in mouse eggs at advanced maternal age. Current Biology 31 (18), pp. 4038 - 4051.e7 (2021)

Kobayashi, W.; Tachibana, K.: Awakening of the zygotic genome by pioneer transcription factors. Current Opinion in Structural Biology 71, pp. 94 - 100 (2021)

Du, Z.; Zheng, H.; Kawamura, Y. K.; Zhang, K.; Gassler, J.; Powell, S.; Xu, Q.; Lin, Z.; Xu, K.; Zhou, Q. et al.; Ozonov, E. A.; Veron, N.; Huang, B.; Li, L.; Yu, G.; Liu, L.; Yeung, W. K. A.; Wang, P.; Chang, L.; Wang, Q.; He, A.; Sun, Y.; Na, J.; Sun, Q.; Sasaki, H.; Tachibana, K.; Peters, A. H. F. M.; Xie, W.: Polycomb Group Proteins Regulate Chromatin Architecture in Mouse Oocytes and Early Embryos. MOLECULAR CELL 77 (4), pp. 825 - 839.e7 (2020)

Silva, M. C. C.; Powell, S.; Ladstatter, S.; Gassler, J.; Stocsits, R.; Tedeschi, A.; Peters, J.-M.; Tachibana, K.: Wapl releases Scc1-cohesin and regulates chromosome structure and segregation in mouse oocytes. JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY 219 (4), e201906100 (2020)

Vallot, A.; Tachibana, K.: The emergence of genome architecture and zygotic genome activation. Current Opinion in Cell Biology 64, pp. 50 - 57 (2020)