title: Depending on maternal Yap.
abstract: In a recent paper in Cell Research, Yu et al. show that maternally inherited Yes-associated protein (Yap), a co-activator of TEAD family transcription factors, plays a key role in activating embryonic transcription following fertilization in the mouse.
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G OA4.
authors.forename: Eszter
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Posfai
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G OA4.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rossant
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D014157:Transcription Factors