Intrinsic limits to gene regulation by global crosstalk

Limited specificity of transcription factor-DNA interactions leads to crosstalk in gene regulation. Here the authors consider global crosstalk in regulatory networks of growing size and complexity, and show that it imposes constraints on gene regulation and on the evolution of regulatory networks.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tamar Friedlander, Roshan Prizak, Călin C. Guet, Nicholas H. Barton, Gašper Tkačik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12307