Spatiotemporal expression control correlates with intragenic scaffold matrix attachment regions (S/MARs) in Arabidopsis thaliana.
| Autor: | Igor V Tetko, Georg Haberer, Stephen Rudd, Blake Meyers, Hans-Werner Mewes, Klaus F X Mayer |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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| Zdroj: | PLoS Computational Biology, Vol 2, Iss 3, p e21 (2006) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1553-734X 1553-7358 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020021 |
| Popis: | Scaffold/matrix attachment regions (S/MARs) are essential for structural organization of the chromatin within the nucleus and serve as anchors of chromatin loop domains. A significant fraction of genes in Arabidopsis thaliana contains intragenic S/MAR elements and a significant correlation of S/MAR presence and overall expression strength has been demonstrated. In this study, we undertook a genome scale analysis of expression level and spatiotemporal expression differences in correlation with the presence or absence of genic S/MAR elements. We demonstrate that genes containing intragenic S/MARs are prone to pronounced spatiotemporal expression regulation. This characteristic is found to be even more pronounced for transcription factor genes. Our observations illustrate the importance of S/MARs in transcriptional regulation and the role of chromatin structural characteristics for gene regulation. Our findings open new perspectives for the understanding of tissue- and organ-specific regulation of gene expression. |
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