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ArticleNucleic acids research2016

Network analysis of transcriptomics expands regulatory landscapes in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002.

Ryan S McClure, Christopher C Overall, Jason E McDermott, Eric A Hill, Lye Meng Markillie, Lee Ann McCue, Ronald C Taylor, Marcus Ludwig, Donald A Bryant, Alexander S Beliaev

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ryan S McClureBiological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Christopher C OverallBiological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Jason E McDermottBiological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Eric A HillBiological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Lye Meng MarkillieBiological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Lee Ann McCueBiological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Ronald C TaylorBiological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
Marcus LudwigDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA.
Donald A BryantDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA.
Alexander S BeliaevBiological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA alex.beliaev@pnnl.gov.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory · USPennsylvania State University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cyanobacterial regulation of gene expression must contend with a genome organization that lacks apparent functional context, as the majority of cellular processes and metabolic pathways are encoded by genes found at disparate locations across the genome and relatively few transcription factors exist. In this study, global transcript abundance data from the model cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 grown under 42 different conditions was analyzed using Context-Likelihood of Relatedness (CLR). The resulting network, organized into 11 modules, provided insight into transcriptional network topology as well as grouping genes by function and linking their response to specific environmental variables. When used in conjunction with genome sequences, the network allowed identification and expansion of novel potential targets of both DNA binding proteins and sRNA regulators. These results offer a new perspective into the multi-level regulation that governs cellular adaptations of the fast-growing physiologically robust cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 to changing environmental variables. It also provides a methodological high-throughput approach to studying multi-scale regulatory mechanisms that operate in cyanobacteria. Finally, it provides valuable context for integrating systems-level data to enhance gene grouping based on annotated function, especially in organisms where traditional context analyses cannot be implemented due to lack of operon-based functional organization.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialGene Regulatory NetworksTranscriptomeBinding SitesCluster AnalysisGene Expression ProfilingGenome, BacterialNucleotide MotifsPosition-Specific Scoring MatricesProtein BindingRNA, UntranslatedSynechococcusTranscription FactorsRNA, UntranslatedTranscription Factors

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PMID27568004
PMCPMC5062996
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