Absence of a simple code: how transcription factors read the genome

M Slattery, T Zhou, L Yang, ACD Machado… - Trends in biochemical …, 2014 - cell.com
Transcription factors (TFs) influence cell fate by interpreting the regulatory DNA within a
genome. TFs recognize DNA in a specific manner; the mechanisms underlying this …

Homeodomain proteins: an update

TR Bürglin, M Affolter - Chromosoma, 2016 - Springer
Here, we provide an update of our review on homeobox genes that we wrote together with
Walter Gehring in 1994. Since then, comprehensive surveys of homeobox genes have …

Geometric deep learning of protein–DNA binding specificity

R Mitra, J Li, JM Sagendorf, Y Jiang, AS Cohen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Predicting protein–DNA binding specificity is a challenging yet essential task for
understanding gene regulation. Protein–DNA complexes usually exhibit binding to a …

Low affinity binding site clusters confer hox specificity and regulatory robustness

J Crocker, N Abe, L Rinaldi, AP McGregor, N Frankel… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
In animals, Hox transcription factors define regional identity in distinct anatomical domains.
How Hox genes encode this specificity is a paradox, because different Hox proteins bind …

Quantitative modeling of transcription factor binding specificities using DNA shape

T Zhou, N Shen, L Yang, N Abe… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
DNA binding specificities of transcription factors (TFs) are a key component of gene
regulatory processes. Underlying mechanisms that explain the highly specific binding of TFs …

Genetic determinants and epigenetic effects of pioneer-factor occupancy

J Donaghey, S Thakurela, J Charlton, JS Chen… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Transcription factors (TFs) direct developmental transitions by binding to target DNA
sequences, influencing gene expression and establishing complex gene-regultory networks …

Coregulation of transcription factor binding and nucleosome occupancy through DNA features of mammalian enhancers

I Barozzi, M Simonatto, S Bonifacio, L Yang, R Rohs… - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Transcription factors (TFs) preferentially bind sites contained in regions of computationally
predicted high nucleosomal occupancy, suggesting that nucleosomes are gatekeepers of TF …

Deconvolving the recognition of DNA shape from sequence

N Abe, I Dror, L Yang, M Slattery, T Zhou… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Protein-DNA binding is mediated by the recognition of the chemical signatures of the DNA
bases and the 3D shape of the DNA molecule. Because DNA shape is a consequence of …

Transcription factor family‐specific DNA shape readout revealed by quantitative specificity models

L Yang, Y Orenstein, A Jolma, Y Yin… - Molecular systems …, 2017 - embopress.org
Transcription factors (TF s) achieve DNA‐binding specificity through contacts with functional
groups of bases (base readout) and readout of structural properties of the double helix …

Evolving insights on how cytosine methylation affects protein–DNA binding

AC Dantas Machado, T Zhou, S Rao… - Briefings in …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Many anecdotal observations exist of a regulatory effect of DNA methylation on gene
expression. However, in general, the underlying mechanisms of this effect are poorly …