Genome wide binding sites of the Arabidopsis B3 domain protein FUSCA3. Arabidopsis thaliana

FUSCA3 (FUS3) is a B3 domain transcription factor that is a member of the LEAFY COTYLEDON (LEC) group of genes. The LEC genes encode proteins that also include LEC2, a B3 domain factor related to FUS3, and LEC1, a CCAAT box binding factor. LEC1, LEC2 and FUS3 are essential for plant embryo development. We report ChIP-chip experiments using the Affymetrix tiling array to globally map binding sites for FUS3. Fangfang Wang and Sharyn E. Perry (2013) Plant Physiology preview Overall design: FUSCA3 was expressed by the native promoter and included a C-terminal 10x-c-myc tag. This transgene was able to rescue the fus3-3 mutant. A second transgene (35S:AGL15) was present to allow establishment of stable somatic embryo cultures. ChIP was performed using anti-c-myc antibody (Myc-Tag (9B11) Mouse mAb; Cell Signaling 2276S) on tissue expressing FUS3-myc (three biological replicates) and on three controls of tissue expressing FUS3 (no epitope tag).