Chromatin regulators as capacitors of interspecies variations in gene expression.

ABSTRACT: Gene expression varies widely between closely related species and strains, yet the genetic basis of most differences is still unknown. Several studies suggested that chromatin regulators have a key role in generating expression diversity, predicting a reduction in the interspecies differences on deletion of genes that influence chromatin structure or modifications. To examine this, we compared the genome-wide expression profiles of two closely related yeast species following the individual deletions of eight chromatin regulators and one transcription factor. In all cases, regulator deletions increased, rather than decreased, the expression differences between the species, revealing hidden genetic variability that was masked in the wild-type backgrounds. This effect was not observed for ind

SUBMITTER: Tirosh I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3010112 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature