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Different gene regulation strategies revealed by analysis of binding motifs

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Wunderlich, Zeba, Mirny, Leonid A.·2009·Trends in Genetics

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Coordinated regulation of gene expression relies on transcription factors (TFs) binding to specific DNA sites. Our large-scale information-theoretic analysis of >950 TF-binding motifs demonstrates that prokaryotes and eukaryotes use strikingly different strategies to target TFs to specific genome locations. Although bacterial TFs can recognize a specific DNA site in the genomic background, eukaryotic TFs exhibit widespread, nonfunctional binding and require clustering of sites to achieve specificity. We find support for this mechanism in a range of experimental studies and in our evolutionary analysis of DNA-binding domains. Our systematic characterization of binding motifs provides a quantitative assessment of the differences in transcription regulation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

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Authors
Wunderlich, Z., & Mirny, L. A.
Venue
Trends in Genetics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-10
Volume
25
Issue
10
Pages
434-440
ISSN
0168-9525 (ISSN-L)
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W2140754446
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294
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journal article
Language
en
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