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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Volume 36, Issue 8, Pages 2547-2560Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn048
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- NHGRI NIH HHS [R01 HG002673, HG003721, HG002673, R21 HG003721] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM068110, R01 GM068110] Funding Source: Medline
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Specificity data for groups of transcription factors (TFs) in a common regulatory network can be used to computationally identify the location of cis-regulatory modules in a genome. The primary limitation for this type of analysis is the paucity of specificity data that is available for the majority of TFs. We describe an omega-based bacterial one-hybrid system that provides a rapid method for characterizing DNA-binding specificities on a genome-wide scale. Using this system, 35 members of the Drosophila melanogaster segmentation network have been characterized, including representative members of all of the major classes of DNA-binding domains. A suite of web-based tools was created that uses this binding site dataset and phylogenetic comparisons to identify cis-regulatory modules throughout the fly genome. These tools allow specificities for any combination of factors to be used to perform rapid local or genome-wide searches for cis-regulatory modules. The utility of these factor specificities and tools is demonstrated on the well-characterized segmentation network. By incorporating specificity data on an additional 66 factors that we have characterized, our tools utilize 14 of the predicted factors within the fly genome and provide an important new community resource for the identification of cis-regulatory modules.
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