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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Volume 36, Issue 12, Pages 4149-4157Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn366
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- NHGRI NIH HHS [5-T32-HG000046-09, T32 HG000046] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [2-P01-DK49210, P01 DK049210] Funding Source: Medline
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Foxa2 is a critical transcription factor that controls liver development and plays an important role in hepatic gluconeogensis in adult mice. Here, we use genome-wide location analysis for Foxa2 to identify its targets in the adult liver. We then show by computational analyses that Foxa2 containing cis-regulatory modules are not constructed from a random assortment of binding sites for other transcription factors expressed in the liver, but rather that their composition depends on the strength of the Foxa2 consensus site present. Genes containing a cis-regulatory module with a medium or weak Foxa2 consensus site are much more liver-specific than the genes with a strong consensus site. We not only provide a better understanding of the mechanisms of Foxa2 regulation but also introduce a novel method for identification of different cis-regulatory modules involving a single factor.
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