A flexible repertoire of transcription factor binding sites and diversity threshold determines enhancer activity in embryonic stem cells
Gurdeep Singh, Shanelle Mullany, Sakthi D. Moorthy, Richard Zhang, Tahmid Mehdi, Ruxiao Tian, Andrew G. Duncan, Alan M Moses, Jennifer A. Mitchell
The paper identifies a diversity threshold of transcription factor binding sites (TFBS) required for enhancer activity in embryonic stem cells, showing that a diverse set of TFBS can replace optimized regulatory sequences.
Genome Research · Apr 1, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics