title: Combinatorial control of temporal gene expression in the Drosophila wing by enhancers and core promoters.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The transformation of a developing epithelium into an adult structure is a complex process, which often involves coordinated changes in cell proliferation, metabolism, adhesion, and shape. To identify genetic mechanisms that control epithelial differentiation, we analyzed the temporal patterns of gene expression during metamorphosis of the Drosophila wing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found that a striking number of genes, approximately 50% of the Drosophila transcriptome, exhibited changes in expression during a time course of wing development. While cis-acting enhancer sequences clearly correlated with these changes, a stronger correlation was discovered between core-promoter types and the dynamic patterns of gene expression within this differentiating tissue. In support of the hypothesis that core-promoter type influences the dynamics of expression, expression levels of several TATA-box binding protein associated factors (TAFs) and other core promoter-associated components changed during this developmental time course, and a testes-specific TAF (tTAF) played a critical role in timing cellular differentiation within the wing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that the combinatorial control of gene expression via cis-acting enhancer sequences and core-promoter types, determine the complex changes in gene expression that drive morphogenesis and terminal differentiation of the Drosophila wing epithelium.
authors.affiliation: Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
authors.forename: David D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: O'Keefe
authors.forename: Sean R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Kelsey
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bolin
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Griggs
authors.forename: Bruce A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Edgar
authors.forename: Laura A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Buttitta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000235:genetics; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics*; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D015870:Gene Expression; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D009024:Morphogenesis / Q000235:genetics; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D034622:RNA Interference; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D035182:TATA Box Binding Protein-Like Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D059467:Transcriptome; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000196:embryology* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D035182:TATA Box Binding Protein-Like Proteins