Genes sing different tunes in different tissues
Sunday, November 2, 2008 - 15:42
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have long known it's possible for one gene to produce slightly different forms of the same protein. Now, an MIT team has shown that this phenomenon, is far more prevalent and varies more between tissues than was previously believed.
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