How Cells Get Their Identity

ScienceQ publishing Group 2014-03-27

Summary:

 Liver, muscle, blood, and all other cells in the body have the same set of genes, yet each looks and functions differently. Specialization is driven by regulatory DNA that helps determine which genes are turned on and when. That regulatory DNA includes promoters, which are located at the start of the gene, and enhancers, which […]

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Authors:

Helen R

Date tagged:

03/27/2014, 13:11

Date published:

03/27/2014, 09:10