Functional Brachyury Binding Sites Establish a Temporal Read-out of Gene Expression in the Ciona Notochord
Author(s) -
Lavanya Katikala,
Hitoshi Aihara,
Yale J. Passamaneck,
Stefan Gazdoiu,
Diana S. JoséEdwards,
Jamie E. Kugler,
Izumi OdaIshii,
Janice H. Imai,
Yutaka Nibu,
Anna Di Gregorio
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001697
Subject(s) - brachyury , chordate , notochord , ciona , biology , deuterostome , ciona intestinalis , bilateria , microarray analysis techniques , gene regulatory network , transcription factor , genetics , computational biology , enhancer , regulation of gene expression , mesoderm , gene , microbiology and biotechnology , gene expression , embryonic stem cell , vertebrate , phylogenetics , embryogenesis
During notochord formation in chordate embryos, the transcription factor Brachyury employs different regulatory strategies to ensure the sequential activation of downstream genes and thereby the deployment of a specific developmental program at the right time and place.
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