An integrated holo-enhancer unit defines tissue and gene specificity of the Fgf8 regulatory landscape.
Dev Cell
; 24(5): 530-42, 2013 Mar 11.
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| ID: mdl-23453598
ABSTRACT
Fgf8 encodes a key signaling factor, and its precise regulation is essential for embryo patterning. Here, we identified the regulatory modules that control Fgf8 expression during mammalian embryogenesis. These enhancers are interspersed with unrelated genes along a large region of 220 kb; yet they act on Fgf8 only. Intriguingly, this region also contains additional genuine enhancer activities that are not transformed into gene expression. Using genomic engineering strategies, we showed that these multiple and distinct regulatory modules act as a coherent unit and influence genes depending on their position rather than on their promoter sequence. These findings highlight how the structure of a locus regulates the autonomous intrinsic activities of the regulatory elements it contains and contributes to their tissue and target specificities. We discuss the implications of such regulatory systems regarding the evolution of gene expression and the impact of human genomic structural variations.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Elementos Facilitadores Genéticos
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Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento
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Proteínas F-Box
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Desenvolvimento Embrionário
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Embrião de Mamíferos
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Fator 8 de Crescimento de Fibroblasto
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Proteínas Musculares
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Dev Cell
Assunto da revista:
EMBRIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Alemanha