RBFox2 regulates a broad RNA program and is required for genome-wide targeting of polycomb complex
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AccessionGSE57926
TitleRBFox2 regulates a broad RNA program and is required for genome-wide targeting of polycomb complex
DescriptionIncreasing evidence suggests that diverse RNA binding proteins interact with regulatory RNAs to regulate transcription. RBFox2 is a ubiquitous RNA binding protein with prevalent expression in stem cells, heart, and brain. Here, we report a systematic dissection of the RBFox2-regulated RNA program in the mouse heart, demonstrating its essential function for organizing the contractile apparatus and excitation-contraction (EC) coupling by modulating alternative splicing and microRNA activity. In this analysis, we unexpectedly encounter a major functional intersection between RBFox2 and Polycomb Complex 2 (PRC2), revealing a central requirement for RBFox2 to mediate genome-wide targeting of the PRC2 complex and transcriptional repression via chromatin-associated nascent RNAs. These findings unveil the mechanism underlying the enigmatic association of PRC2 with numerous active genes, highlight the importance of gene body sequences to gauge transcriptional output, and suggest nascent RNAs as critical signals for transcriptional feedback control to maintain homeostatic gene expression in mammalian cells.
Landing Pagehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE57926
RepositoryGene Expression Omnibus
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ARCHS4
Published September 2017
ARCHS4 provides access to gene counts from HiSeq 2000 and HiSeq 2500 platforms for human and mouse experiments from GEO ...
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Clustergrammer
Published October 2017
Web-based tool for visualizing and analyzing high-dimensional data as interactive and shareable heatmaps
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Interactive heatmap visualization of RNA-seq dataset GSE57926
Highly interactive web-based heatmap visualization of the top 500 most variable genes in t...
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