A comprehensive survey of DNA-binding transcription factor gene expression in human fetal and adult organs
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Published on: February 11, 2019
Y Megan Kong1, Raymond J Macdonald, Xiaofei Wen
1Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 75390, USA.
Abstract:
A global survey of RNA from 14 fetal and 12 adult human organs by RT-PCR determined the expression patterns of 790 genes encoding DNA-binding transcription factors. The data can be sorted to identify sets of transcription factors with expression relatively restricted to a given organ or to particular organ groups. These data are a resource to help define the spectrum of transcription factor control, contribute to the elucidation of transcription factor cascades responsible for the development and maintenance of each organ, and provide a baseline to study the effects of disease or developmental defects.
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