A signaling axis involving CNOT3, Aurora B and ERK promotes mesendodermal differentiation of ES cells in response to FGF2 and BMP4 Moumita Sarkar 1,4 , Matteo Martufi 1,4 , Monica Roman-Trufero 1,4 , Yi-Fang Wang 2 , Chad Whilding 3 , Dirk Dormann 3 , Pierangela Sabbattini 1 , Niall Dillon 1* . 1 Gene Regulation and Chromatin Group, 2 Bioinformatics and Computing, 3 Microscopy Facility, MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK. 4 These authors contributed equally to the study *Correspondence to niall.dillon@lms.mrc.ac.uk not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was this version posted October 9, 2019. . https://doi.org/10.1101/756932 doi: bioRxiv preprint