title: Transcription factor networks in Drosophila melanogaster.
abstract: Specific cellular fates and functions depend on differential gene expression, which occurs primarily at the transcriptional level and is controlled by complex regulatory networks of transcription factors (TFs). TFs act through combinatorial interactions with other TFs, cofactors, and chromatin-remodeling proteins. Here, we define protein-protein interactions using a coaffinity purification/mass spectrometry method and study 459 Drosophila melanogaster transcription-related factors, representing approximately half of the established catalog of TFs. We probe this network in vivo, demonstrating functional interactions for many interacting proteins, and test the predictive value of our data set. Building on these analyses, we combine regulatory network inference models with physical interactions to define an integrated network that connects combinatorial TF protein interactions to the transcriptional regulatory network of the cell. We use this integrated network as a tool to connect the functional network of genetic modifiers related to mastermind, a transcriptional cofactor of the Notch pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: David Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.affiliation: Computational Biology Branch, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.
authors.forename: Dong-Yeon
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.affiliation: Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Slattery
authors.affiliation: Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Lijia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mintseris
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Christina Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: White
authors.affiliation: Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Celniker
authors.affiliation: Computational Biology Branch, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.
authors.forename: Teresa M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Przytycka
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Gygi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Obar
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Biogen Idec, Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Electronic address: sartavanis@cb.med.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Spyros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Artavanis-Tsakonas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks; D060066:Protein Interaction Maps; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors