Study Identifies a Protein Complex Possibly Crucial for Triggering Embryo Development

Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - 13:35 in Biology & Nature

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have discovered a protein complex that appears to play a significant role in erasing epigenetic instructions on sperm DNA, essentially creating a blank slate for the different cell types of a new embryo to develop.

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