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Pitx2 is left-laterally expressed controlling the morphology of the left visceral organs. Expression of Pitx2 is controlled by an intronic enhancer ASE and Nodal. It appears that while Nodal controls cranial expression of Pitx2, ASE controls left – right expression of Pitx2, which leads to the asymmetrical development of the left sided ...
MyoD, also known as myoblast determination protein 1, [5] is a protein in animals that plays a major role in regulating muscle differentiation.MyoD, which was discovered in the laboratory of Harold M. Weintraub, [6] belongs to a family of proteins known as myogenic regulatory factors (MRFs). [7]
In genetics, an enhancer is a short (50–1500 bp) region of DNA that can be bound by proteins to increase the likelihood that transcription of a particular gene will occur. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] These proteins are usually referred to as transcription factors .
This region is known as the enhancer region. Studies have suggested that thyroid hormone (T3) controls Sox2 expression via the enhancer region. The expression of TRα1 (thyroid hormone receptor) is increased in proliferating and migrating neural stem cells.
A typical enhancer(TE), as illustrated in the top panel of the Figure, is a several hundred base pair region of DNA [1] [2] that can bind transcription factors to sequence motifs on the enhancer. The typical enhancer can come in proximity to its target gene through a large chromosome loop.
T-cell development and activation is controlled by complementary placement of proximal and distal lck promoters. The generated environment of a Lck-PROX mice when approached with proximal promoter demonstrates maximal lck protein and normal thymic development, while distal promoters lead to deficient lck protein and unnormal thymic levels.
H3K4me1 is a chromatin signature of enhancers, H3K4me2 is highest toward the 5′ end of transcribing genes and H3K4me3 is highly enriched at promoters and in poised genes.
According to this model, the heterochromatin forces an altered chromatin conformation on the euchromatic region. Due to this, the transcriptional machinery cannot access the gene which leads to the inhibition of transcription. [5] In other words, the heterochromatin spreads and causes gene silencing by packaging the normally euchromatic region. [2]