<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.write('<div id="oa_widget"></div>');
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.openaire.eu/index.php?option=com_openaire&view=widget&format=raw&projectId=undefined&type=result"></script>');
-->
</script>
Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signals via Gli transcription factors to direct digit number and identity in the vertebrate limb. We characterized the Gli-dependent cis-regulatory network through a combination of whole-genome chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-on-chip and transcriptional profiling of the developing mouse limb. These analyses identified ∼5000 high-quality Gli3-binding sites, including all known Gli-dependent enhancers. Discrete binding regions exhibit a higher-order clustering, highlighting the complexity of cis-regulatory interactions. Further, Gli3 binds inertly to previously identified neural-specific Gli enhancers, demonstrating the accessibility of their cis-regulatory elements. Intersection of DNA binding data with gene expression profiles predicted 205 putative limb target genes. A subset of putative cis-regulatory regions were analyzed in transgenic embryos, establishing Blimp1 as a direct Gli target and identifying Gli activator signaling in a direct, long-range regulation of the BMP antagonist Gremlin. In contrast, a long-range silencer cassette downstream from Hand2 likely mediates Gli3 repression in the anterior limb. These studies provide the first comprehensive characterization of the transcriptional output of a Shh-patterning process in the mammalian embryo and a framework for elaborating regulatory networks in the developing limb.
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Binding Sites, Genetic Complementation Test, Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors, Extremities, Mice, Transgenic, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Genomics, Models, Biological, Mice, Enhancer Elements, Genetic, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, Animals, Cytokines, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Female, Gene Regulatory Networks, Hedgehog Proteins, Positive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1, Body Patterning
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Binding Sites, Genetic Complementation Test, Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors, Extremities, Mice, Transgenic, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Genomics, Models, Biological, Mice, Enhancer Elements, Genetic, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, Animals, Cytokines, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Female, Gene Regulatory Networks, Hedgehog Proteins, Positive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1, Body Patterning
citations This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 268 | |
popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Top 1% | |
influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Top 10% | |
impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Top 1% |