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An interacting network of T-box genes directs gene expression and fate in the zebrafish mesoderm.

T-box genes encode transcription factors that play critical roles in generating the vertebrate body plan. In many developmental fields, multiple T-box genes are expressed in overlapping domains, establishing broad regions in which different combinations of T-box genes are coexpressed. Here we demonstrate that three T-box genes expressed in the zebrafish mesoderm, no tail, spadetail, and tbx6, operate as a network of interacting genes to regulate region-specific gene expression and developmental fate. Loss-of-function and gain-of-function genetic analyses reveal three kinds of interactions among the T-box genes: combinatorial interactions that generate new regulatory functions, additive contributions to common developmental pathways, and competitive antagonism governing downstream gene expression. We propose that T-box genes, like Hox genes, often function within gene networks comprised of related family members.[1]

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  1. An interacting network of T-box genes directs gene expression and fate in the zebrafish mesoderm. Goering, L.M., Hoshijima, K., Hug, B., Bisgrove, B., Kispert, A., Grunwald, D.J. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2003) [Pubmed]
 
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