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Transcriptional activation by recruitment

Ptashne, Mark, Gann, Alexander·1997·Nature

Abstract

The recruitment model for gene activation stipulates that an activator works by bringing the transcriptional machinery to the DNA. Recent experiments in bacteria and yeast indicate that many genes can be activated by this mechanism. These findings have implications for our understanding of the nature of activating regions and their targets, and for the role of histones in gene regulation.

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  • Expression levels of all human genes can be used to model the presence of cofactor proteins that can recruit TFs for binding.

    “Expression levels of all human genes were provided using RNA-seq data from ENCODE. This can be used to model the presence of cofactor proteins that can recruit TFs for binding (Ptashne and Gann, 1997).”

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Authors
Ptashne, M., & Gann, A.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Lancaster University (GB)
Venue
Nature
Published
1997-04
Volume
386
Issue
6625
Pages
569-577
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2087950896
Cited by
1,158
References
103
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Institutional Repository (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
Keywords
transcriptional activation, recruitment model, activators, transcription machinery, histones, gene expression regulation, bacterial transcription
MeSH terms
Transcriptional Activation, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal

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