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Mapping the Structure-Function Relationships of Disordered Oncogenic Transcription Factors Using Transcriptomic Analysis
Published on: June 27, 2020
Transcription factors in eukaryotic cells can functionally regulate gene expression by acting in oligomeric
1a Departments of Physics and Biology , Biological Physical Sciences Institute, University of York , York , UK.
Abstract:
High-speed single-molecule fluorescence microscopy in vivo shows that transcription factors in eukaryotes can act in oligomeric clusters mediated by molecular crowding and intrinsically disordered protein. This finding impacts on the longstanding puzzle of how transcription factors find their gene targets so efficiently in the complex, heterogeneous environment of the cell. Abbreviations CDF - cumulative distribution function; FRAP - fluorescence recovery after photobleaching; GFP - Green fluorescent protein; STORM - stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy; TF - Transcription factor; YFP - Yellow fluorescent protein.
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