Timing of gene expression in a cell‐fate decision system

Autor: Delphine Aymoz, Carme Solé, Jean‐Jerrold Pierre, Marta Schmitt, Eulàlia de Nadal, Francesc Posas, Serge Pelet
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Molecular Systems Biology, Vol 14, Iss 4, Pp 1-13 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1744-4292
DOI: 10.15252/msb.20178024
Popis: Abstract During development, morphogens provide extracellular cues allowing cells to select a specific fate by inducing complex transcriptional programs. The mating pathway in budding yeast offers simplified settings to understand this process. Pheromone secreted by the mating partner triggers the activity of a MAPK pathway, which results in the expression of hundreds of genes. Using a dynamic expression reporter, we quantified the kinetics of gene expression in single cells upon exogenous pheromone stimulation and in the physiological context of mating. In both conditions, we observed striking differences in the timing of induction of mating‐responsive promoters. Biochemical analyses and generation of synthetic promoter variants demonstrated how the interplay between transcription factor binding and nucleosomes contributes to determine the kinetics of transcription in a simplified cell‐fate decision system.
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