Comparison of exon profiles before and after hormone induction
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ABSTRACT: Exon array analysis component. Development, differentiation, and response to environmental stimuli are characterized by sequential changes in cellular state initiated by the de novo binding of induced or temporally regulated transcriptional factors to their cognate genomic sites. The mechanism whereby a given regulatory factor selects a limited number of in vivo targets from myriads of potential genomic binding sites is undetermined. Here we show that up to 95% of induced de novo genomic binding by the glucocorticoid receptor, a paradigmatic ligandactivated transcription factor, is targeted to preexisting foci of accessible chromatin. Factor binding invariably potentiates chromatin accessibility. Cellselective de novo genomic occupancy patterns appear to be comprehensively predetermined by cellspecific differences in baseline chromatin accessibility patterns, with secondary contributions from local sequence features. The results define a novel framework for understanding regulatory factorgenome interactions, and provide a molecular basis for the tissueselectivity of steroid pharmaceuticals and other agents that intersect the living genome.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE26189 | GEO | 2010/12/21
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA135015
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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