Promoter architecture and the evolvability of gene expression

Evolutionary changes in gene expression are a main driver of phenotypic evolution. In yeast, genes that have rapidly diverged in expression are associated with particular promoter features, including the presence of a TATA box, a nucleosome-covered promoter and unstable tracts of tandem repeats. Here, we discuss how these promoter properties may confer an inherent capacity for flexibility of expression.

• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of Biology

• Publication date

  2009-12-14

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1186/jbiol204PMID 20017897PMCID 2804285
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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