title: [Progress on identification and analysis of DNase I hypersensitive sites in plant genomes].
abstract: Eukaryotes's gene expression and regulation relies on the interaction of their cis-acting elements and trans-acting factors. The cis-elements are specific DNA sequences in the genome and frequently located in the untranslated regions. The trans-acting factors are usually considered to be proteins that bind to the cis-acting sequences to regulate gene expression. It is well known that the cis-elements are always associated with DNase I hypersensitive site, which is a signature of open chromatin. The identification of all the functional cis-element using high-throughput method in plant genome has not been initiated in plant genomes. With the rapid achievement of genomics studies, an increasing number of plant genomes have been sequenced. Genome-wide identification of DNase I hypersensitive sites will be a considerably efficient method to locate cis-element in plants, which will provide a vital potential for further plant functional genomics. The present review is to reveal the recent progresses on identification and analysis of DNase I hypersensitive site in plant genomes.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. forrestzhang1982@gmail.com
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zu-Jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D018745:Genome, Plant; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I