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ArticleNeuron2015

Regulatory Logic of Pan-Neuronal Gene Expression in C. elegans.

Nikolaos Stefanakis, Ines Carrera, Oliver Hobert

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Article in Neuron, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 101 papers.

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101 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nikolaos StefanakisDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Ines CarreraDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Oliver HobertDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: or38@columbia.edu.

Funding

Enhancing and expanding the CGC Strain CollectionP40OD010440 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Ann E. Rougvie · 2012 to 2026
$7.5M
LIM HOMEOBOX GENE LIM-6 IN MOTOR NEURON DIFFERENTIATIONR01NS039996 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI Oliver Hobert · 2001 to 2026
$6.8M
Genetic analysis of dopaminergic neuron specification in C.elegansR01NS050266 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HOBERT, OLIVER · 2004 to 2013
$3.4M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIH HHS P40 OD010440NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS039996NINDS NIH HHS R01NS039996-05NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS050266NINDS NIH HHS R01NS050266-03
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While neuronal cell types display an astounding degree of phenotypic diversity, most if not all neuron types share a core panel of terminal features. However, little is known about how pan-neuronal expression patterns are genetically programmed. Through an extensive analysis of the cis-regulatory control regions of a battery of pan-neuronal C. elegans genes, including genes involved in synaptic vesicle biology and neuropeptide signaling, we define a common organizational principle in the regulation of pan-neuronal genes in the form of a surprisingly complex array of seemingly redundant, parallel-acting cis-regulatory modules that direct expression to broad, overlapping domains throughout the nervous system. These parallel-acting cis-regulatory modules are responsive to a multitude of distinct trans-acting factors. Neuronal gene expression programs therefore fall into two fundamentally distinct classes. Neuron-type-specific genes are generally controlled by discrete and non-redundantly acting regulatory inputs, while pan-neuronal gene expression is controlled by diverse, coincident and seemingly redundant regulatory inputs.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsNeuronsCaenorhabditis elegans Proteins

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PMID26291158
PMCPMC4545498

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