The contribution of changes in cis-regulatory elements or trans-acting factors to differences in gene expression between species is not well understood. Here it is found that, in transgenic mice containing the human β-globin locus, the expression of BCL11A differs between mouse and human and is a critical mediator of species-divergent globin switching.
- Vijay G. Sankaran
- Jian Xu
- Stuart H. Orkin