Here, the authors identify four novel regulators of the 2-cell-like state, and thus totipotency, via unbiased CRISPR knockout screens and Dazl re-expression as a readout. They show that these factors act upstream of DPPA2 and DUX, and independently of p53.
- Nikhil Gupta
- Lounis Yakhou
- Pierre-Antoine Defossez