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ArticleGenome research2012

Understanding transcriptional regulation by integrative analysis of transcription factor binding data.

Chao Cheng, Roger Alexander, Renqiang Min, Jing Leng, Kevin Y Yip, Joel Rozowsky, Koon-Kiu Yan, Xianjun Dong, Sarah Djebali, Yijun Ruan and 9 more

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Article in Genome research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 114 papers.

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19 authors.

Chao ChengDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
Roger Alexander
Renqiang Min
Jing Leng
Kevin Y Yip
Joel Rozowsky
Koon-Kiu Yan
Xianjun Dong
Sarah Djebali
Yijun Ruan
Carrie A Davis
Piero Carninci
Timo Lassman
Thomas R Gingeras
Roderic Guigó
Ewan Birney
Zhiping Weng
Michael Snyder
Mark Gerstein

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Abstract

Statistical models have been used to quantify the relationship between gene expression and transcription factor (TF) binding signals. Here we apply the models to the large-scale data generated by the ENCODE project to study transcriptional regulation by TFs. Our results reveal a notable difference in the prediction accuracy of expression levels of transcription start sites (TSSs) captured by different technologies and RNA extraction protocols. In general, the expression levels of TSSs with high CpG content are more predictable than those with low CpG content. For genes with alternative TSSs, the expression levels of downstream TSSs are more predictable than those of the upstream ones. Different TF categories and specific TFs vary substantially in their contributions to predicting expression. Between two cell lines, the differential expression of TSS can be precisely reflected by the difference of TF-binding signals in a quantitative manner, arguing against the conventional on-and-off model of TF binding. Finally, we explore the relationships between TF-binding signals and other chromatin features such as histone modifications and DNase hypersensitivity for determining expression. The models imply that these features regulate transcription in a highly coordinated manner.

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Gene Expression RegulationGenomicsTranscription, GeneticBase CompositionBinding SitesCell LineChromatinComputational BiologyHistonesHumansModels, BiologicalPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingTranscription FactorsTranscription Initiation SiteChromatinHistonesTranscription Factors

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PMID22955978
PMCPMC3431483

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