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. 2012 Oct 25;7(10):e47972. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047972

Table 1. Predicted motifs and possible corresponding transcription factors found via phylogenetic footprinting.

Transcription factor Ngb Mb Function
AP2alpha + cranial neural crest and limb mesenchyme development [80], [81]
CdxA + pattering of the anteroposterior axis [117]
Churchill + + mediator of FGF signaling during neural development [68]
CTCF + insulator activity [118]
EBF1 + B-cell differentiation [70]
ESR1 + development and maintenance of normal sexual and reproductive function [119]
c-ETS + embryonic and hematopoietic development; angiogenesis [83]
GATA-3 + expressed in T cells in adult animals; expression in non-hematopoietic tissues/organs during embryogenesis [120]
Inr + RNA polymerase II transcription initiation [121]
INSM1 + + neuroendocrine differentiation [69]
IRF1/IRF2 + development and activation of immune cells; IRF2 suppresses transcriptional activity of IRF-1 [122]
Klf4 + development; differentiation; maintenance of tissue homeostasis [123]
MZF1 1–4 (domain 1) + + hemopoietic development; differentiation of myeloid cells [72], [73], [74]
MZF1 5–13 (domain 2) +
NR3C1 + inflammatory response; cellular proliferation; differentiation in target tissues through interaction with steroidal hormones (Glucocorticoids) [124]
Pax2 + kidney development; establishing mid-hindbrain border [71]
Pax4 + + organogenesis of the pancreas [71]
Pax5 + + B-cell differentiation; neural development [71]
PPARG:: RXRA + adipocyte differentiation; lipogenesis [125]
REST + repression of neuronal genes in stem cells and non-neuronal tissues [126]
RREB1 + ubiquitously expressed repressor [79], [127]
RXR::RAR_DR5 + embryonic development; tissue homeostasis; cell proliferation; differentiation; apoptosis [128]
Sox2 + progression of neurogenesis; maintenance of neurons [129]
Sp1 + trans-activator; ubiquitously expressed [61]
SPI-1 (PU.1) + differentiation of myeloid cells, B-cells, macrophages [130]
Tal1:GATA-1 + erythroid differentiation [82]
Tcfcp2l1 + transcriptional repressor [131], [132]
Zfx + self-renewal and maintenance of embryonic and hematopoietic stem cells [133]
znf143 + trans-activation of small nuclear RNA (snRNA) and snRNA-type promoters [134]