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. 2019 Sep 5;10:46. doi: 10.1186/s13293-019-0259-1

Table 3.

Male-biased expression of transcription and epigenetic factors

Transcription factors and epigenetic and remodelling enzymes ES CP 8.5 9.5 10.5 p1 Adult Chr Name
Egr4 XY 6 Early growth response 4
Cdx1 XY 18 Caudal type homeobox 1
E2f7 XY 10 E2F transcription factor 7
Eomes XY 9 Eomesodermin
Evx1 XY 6 Even-skipped homeobox 1
Foxi3 XY 6 Forkhead box I3
Foxp4 XY 17 Forkhead box P4
Insm1 XY 2 Insulinoma-associated 1
Lin28a XY 4 Lin-28 homolog A (C. elegans)
Mesp1 XY 7 Mesoderm posterior 1
Mixl1 XY 1 Mix1 homeobox-like 1 (Xenopus laevis)
Nr6a1 XY 2 Nuclear receptor subfamily 5, group A, member 1
Pou2f3 XY 9 POU domain, class 2, transcription factor 3
Sox11 XY 12 SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 11
Sp5 XY 9 Per-hexamer repeat gene 4
Sp8 XY 12 Trans-acting transcription factor 8
T XY 17 Brachyury, T-box transcription factor T
Tcf7 XY 11 Transcription factor 7, T cell specific
Wiz XY 17 Widely-interspaced zinc finger motifs
Ybx2 XY 11 Y box protein 2
Zglp1 XY 9 Zinc finger, GATA-like protein 1
Dnmt3b XY 2 DNA methyltransferase 3B
Dnmt3l XY 10 DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase 3-like
Phc1 XY 6 Polyhomeotic 1
Plac8 XY 5 Placenta-specific 8
Tdrd5 XY 1 Tudor domain containing 5
Bahcc1 XY 11 BAH domain and coiled-coil containing 1
Kdm6c XY XY XY XY XY XY Y Ubiq.transcribed tetratricopeptide repeat gene, Y chr
Bcl6b XY XY nb 11 B cell CLL/lymphoma 6, member B
Irf8 XY XY nb 8 Interferon regulatory factor 8
Arid1a XY XY 4 AT rich interactive domain 1A (SWI-like)
Lef1 XY XY XY XY 3 Lymphoid enhancer binding factor 1
Tbx20 XY XY XY XY 9 T-box 20
Smarcd1 XY XY 15 SWI/SNF related, matrix assoc., actin-dep. reg. of chromatin d1
Zbtb7a XY XY 10 Zinc finger and BTB domain containing 7a
Hif3a XY XY XY 7 hypoxia inducible factor 3, alpha subunit
Nfkb2 XY XY XY 19 nuclear factor of κ light polypeptide enhancer B cells 2, p49/p100
Pbx2 XY XY nb 17 Pre B cell leukemia homeobox 2
Prdm6 XY XY 18 PR domain containing 6
Id2 XY XY 12 Inhibitor of DNA binding 2
Dot1l XY XY XX 10 DOT1-like, histone H3 methyltransferase (S. cerevisiae)
Zfp296 XY XX 7 Zinc finger protein 296
Gata4 XY nb 14 GATA binding protein 4
Mycn XY nb 12 v-myc avian myelocytomatosis related og, neuroblastoma derived
Hdac5 XY nb 11 Histone deacetylase 5
Nfxl1 XY nb 5 Nuclear transcription factor, X-box binding-like 1
Pax6 nb XY 2 Paired box 6
Brd4 nb XY nb 17 Bromodomain containing 4
Carhsp1 nb XY XY XY 16 Calcium regulated heat stable protein 1
Csde1 nb XY XY nb nb 3 Cold shock domain containing E1, RNA binding
Mef2d nb XY 3 Myocyte enhancer factor 2D
Atf5 nb XY 7 activating transcription factor 5
Bach2 nb XY 4 BTB and CNC homology, basic leucine zipper transcription factor 2
Cdc5l nb XY 17 Cell division cycle 5-like (S. pombe)
Crebzf nb XY 7 CREB/ATF bZIP transcription factor
Gm13139 nb XY 4 Zinc finger protein 991
Hmgb1 nb XY 2 Predicted gene, 21596
Hmgb2 nb XY 8 High mobility group box 2
Klf10 nb XY 15 Kruppel-like factor 10
Nfic nb XY 10 Nuclear factor I/C
Nfkb1 nb XY 3 Nuclear factor of κ light polypeptide enhancer in B cells 1, p105
Pias2 nb XY 18 Protein inhibitor of activated STAT 2

ES embryonic stem cells; CP cardiac precursors; 8.5, 9.5, 10.5 days post coitum (dpc) embryonic hearts (single cell); p1 neonatal hearts; Chr chromosome; empty cells expression not detected; nb expressed but not biased