DNA discovery reveals a critical 'accordion effect' for switching off genes

ScienceDaily
Apr 5, 2022, 12:45 pm286 pts
Researchers have revealed how an 'accordion effect' is critical to switching off genes, in a study that transforms the fundamentals of what we know about gene silencing. The finding expands our understanding of how we switch genes on and off to make the different cell types in our bodies, as we develop in the…

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