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Title
Promoter architecture and the evolvability of gene expression.
Authors
Tirosh, Itay; Barkai, Naama; Verstrepen, Kevin J
Abstract
Evolutionary changes in gene expression are a main driver of phenotypic evolution. In yeast, genes that have rapidly diverged in expression are associated with particular promoter features, including the presence of a TATA box, a nucleosome-covered promoter and unstable tracts of tandem repeats. Here, we discuss how these promoter properties may confer an inherent capacity for flexibility of expression.