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Cell Type-specific Gene Expression Profiling in the Mouse Liver
Published on: September 17, 2019
Cis-regulatory modules in the mammalian liver: composition depends on strength of Foxa2 consensus site
Geetu Tuteja1, Shane T Jensen, Peter White
1Department of Genetics, Genomics and Computational Biology Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Abstract:
Foxa2 is a critical transcription factor that controls liver development and plays an important role in hepatic gluconeogensis in adult mice. Here, we use genome-wide location analysis for Foxa2 to identify its targets in the adult liver. We then show by computational analyses that Foxa2 containing cis-regulatory modules are not constructed from a random assortment of binding sites for other transcription factors expressed in the liver, but rather that their composition depends on the strength of the Foxa2 consensus site present. Genes containing a cis-regulatory module with a medium or weak Foxa2 consensus site are much more liver-specific than the genes with a strong consensus site. We not only provide a better understanding of the mechanisms of Foxa2 regulation but also introduce a novel method for identification of different cis-regulatory modules involving a single factor.
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