iSLIM: a comprehensive approach to mapping and characterizing gene regulatory networks

Nucleic Acids Res. 2013 Feb 1;41(4):e52. doi: 10.1093/nar/gks1323. Epub 2012 Dec 20.

Abstract

Mapping gene regulatory networks is a significant challenge in systems biology, yet only a few methods are currently capable of systems-level identification of transcription factors (TFs) that bind a specific regulatory element. We developed a microfluidic method for integrated systems-level interaction mapping of TF-DNA interactions, generating and interrogating an array of 423 full-length Drosophila TFs. With integrated systems-level interaction mapping, it is now possible to rapidly and quantitatively map gene regulatory networks of higher eukaryotes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Consensus Sequence
  • DNA / metabolism
  • Drosophila melanogaster / genetics
  • Gene Library
  • Gene Regulatory Networks*
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques*
  • Nucleotide Motifs
  • Position-Specific Scoring Matrices
  • Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional*
  • Transcription Factors / analysis
  • Transcription Factors / genetics
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism*

Substances

  • Transcription Factors
  • DNA