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DNA-mediated dimerization on a compact sequence signature controls enhancer engagement and regulation by FOXA1.
Nucleic acids research - 20 Jun 2018
Wang Xuecong, Srivastava Yogesh, Jankowski Aleksander, Malik Vikas, Wei Yuanjie, Del Rosario Ricardo Ch, Cojocaru Vlad, Prabhakar Shyam, Jauch Ralf
Abstract excerpt
FOXA1 is a transcription factor capable to bind silenced chromatin to direct context-dependent cell fate conversion. Here, we demonstrate that a compact palindromic DNA element (termed 'DIV' for its diverging half-sites) induces the homodimerization of FOXA1 with strongly positive cooperativity. Alternative structural models are consistent with either an indirect DNA-mediated cooperativity or a direct...
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