Genome-wide quantitative enhancer activity maps identified by STARR-seq
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ABSTRACT: Genomic enhancers are important regulators of gene expression, but their identification is a challenge and methods depend on indirect measures of activity. We developed a method termed STARR-seq to directly and quantitatively assess enhancer activity for millions of candidates from arbitrary sources of DNA, enabling screens across entire genomes. When applied to the Drosophila genome, STARR-seq identifies thousands of cell type-specific enhancers across a broad continuum of strengths, linking differential gene expression to differences in enhancer activity and creating a genome-wide quantitative enhancer map. This map reveals the highly complex regulation of transcription, with several independent enhancers for both developmental regulators and ubiquitously expressed genes. STARR-seq can be used to identify and quantitate enhancer activity in other eukaryotes, including human.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens Drosophila melanogaster
PROVIDER: GSE40739 | GEO | 2013/01/17
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA175267
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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