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The transcription factors GATA-4, -5 and -6 are expressed very early in heart tissue. Essential GATA sites have been detected in several cardiac genes and the cardiac GATA factors interact with a wide variety of cofactors which synergistically increase gene expression. These multi-protein transcriptional complexes confer promoter-specificity on the GATA factors and also on the more broadly expressed cofactors. Here we summarise the data on these interactions and represent the conclusions as a GATA factor-based genetic regulatory network for the heart. Of the three cardiac GATAs, GATA-4 is by far the most extensively studied, however, loss-of-function data question its presumed dominance during heart development as opposed to hypertrophy.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.semcdb.2004.10.003

Type

Journal article

Journal

Semin Cell Dev Biol

Publication Date

02/2005

Volume

16

Pages

83 - 94

Keywords

Animals, DNA-Binding Proteins, GATA4 Transcription Factor, GATA5 Transcription Factor, GATA6 Transcription Factor, Gene Expression Regulation, Heart, Transcription Factors, Vertebrates