Progress on identification and analysis of DNase I hypersensitive sites in plant genomes].

School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. forrestzhang1982@gmail.com

Yi chuan = Hereditas / Zhongguo yi chuan xue hui bian ji 2013 Jul

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Eukaryotes's gene expression and regulation relies on the interaction of their cis-acting elements and trans-acting factors. The cis-elements are specific DNA sequences in the genome and frequently located in the untranslated regions. The trans-acting factors are usually considered to be proteins that bind to the cis-acting sequences to regulate gene expression. It is well known that the cis-elements are always associated with DNase I hypersensitive site, which is a signature of open chromatin. The identification of all the functional cis-element using high-throughput method in plant genome has not been initiated in plant genomes. With the rapid achievement of genomics studies, an increasing number of plant genomes have been sequenced. Genome-wide identification of DNase I hypersensitive sites will be a considerably efficient method to locate cis-element in plants, which will provide a vital potential for further plant functional genomics. The present review is to reveal the recent progresses on identification and analysis of DNase I hypersensitive site in plant genomes.

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Tao Zhang, Zu-Jun Yang. Progress on identification and analysis of DNase I hypersensitive sites in plant genomes]. Yi chuan = Hereditas / Zhongguo yi chuan xue hui bian ji. 2013 Jul;35(7):867-74