Systematic interrogation of human promoters

S Weingarten-Gabbay, R Nir, S Lubliner… - Genome …, 2019 - genome.cshlp.org
Despite much research, our understanding of the architecture and cis-regulatory elements of
human promoters is still lacking. Here, we devised a high-throughput assay to quantify the …

Comprehensive analysis of transcriptional promoter structure and function in 1% of the human genome

SJ Cooper, ND Trinklein, ED Anton, L Nguyen… - Genome …, 2006 - genome.cshlp.org
Transcriptional promoters comprise one of many classes of eukaryotic transcriptional
regulatory elements. Identification and characterization of these elements are vital to …

Sequence determinants of human gene regulatory elements

B Sahu, T Hartonen, P Pihlajamaa, B Wei, K Dave… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
DNA can determine where and when genes are expressed, but the full set of sequence
determinants that control gene expression is unknown. Here, we measured the …

Comparative cofactor screens show the influence of transactivation domains and core promoters on the mechanisms of transcription

CC Bell, JJ Balic, L Talarmain, A Gillespie… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Eukaryotic transcription factors (TFs) activate gene expression by recruiting cofactors to
promoters. However, the relationships between TFs, promoters and their associated …

Unraveling determinants of transcription factor binding outside the core binding site

M Levo, E Zalckvar, E Sharon, ACD Machado… - Genome …, 2015 - genome.cshlp.org
Binding of transcription factors (TFs) to regulatory sequences is a pivotal step in the control
of gene expression. Despite many advances in the characterization of sequence motifs …

Functional analysis of transcription factor binding sites in human promoters

TW Whitfield, J Wang, PJ Collins, EC Partridge… - Genome biology, 2012 - Springer
Background The binding of transcription factors to specific locations in the genome is
integral to the orchestration of transcriptional regulation in cells. To characterize transcription …

Decoupling of evolutionary changes in transcription factor binding and gene expression in mammals

ES Wong, D Thybert, BM Schmitt, K Stefflova… - Genome …, 2015 - genome.cshlp.org
To understand the evolutionary dynamics between transcription factor (TF) binding and
gene expression in mammals, we compared transcriptional output and the binding …

Wide-scale analysis of human functional transcription factor binding reveals a strong bias towards the transcription start site

Y Tabach, R Brosh, Y Buganim, A Reiner, O Zuk… - PloS one, 2007 - journals.plos.org
Background Transcription factors (TF) regulate expression by binding to specific DNA
sequences. A binding event is functional when it affects gene expression. Functionality of a …

Benchmark and integration of resources for the estimation of human transcription factor activities

L Garcia-Alonso, CH Holland, MM Ibrahim… - Genome …, 2019 - genome.cshlp.org
The prediction of transcription factor (TF) activities from the gene expression of their targets
(ie, TF regulon) is becoming a widely used approach to characterize the functional status of …

Evolution of transcription factor binding through sequence variations and turnover of binding sites

G Krieger, O Lupo, P Wittkopp, N Barkai - Genome Research, 2022 - genome.cshlp.org
Variations in noncoding regulatory sequences play a central role in evolution. Interpreting
such variations, however, remains difficult even in the context of defined attributes such as …