The H3K27me3 reader UAD-2 recruits a TAF-12-containing transcription machinery to initiate piRNA expression within heterochromatic clusters

X Xinya Huang Y Yan Kuang M Meili Li M Minjie Hong D Demin Xu J Jiewei Cheng T Tongtong Huang X Xianlei Sun W Wenkai Wang Y Ying Zhou X Xuezhu Feng X Xiangyang Chen (Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Synergistic Chem-Bio Synthesis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China) C Chengming Zhu (Scientific Research Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University) S Shouhong Guang

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Volume / Issue Vol. 16, Issue 1
Published November 26, 2025
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

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Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (14)

X

Xinya Huang

Y

Yan Kuang

M

Meili Li

M

Minjie Hong

D

Demin Xu

J

Jiewei Cheng

T

Tongtong Huang

X

Xianlei Sun

W

Wenkai Wang

Y

Ying Zhou

X

Xuezhu Feng

X

Xiangyang Chen

Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Synergistic Chem-Bio Synthesis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China

C

Chengming Zhu

Scientific Research Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University

S

Shouhong Guang