Paired Genes in Stem Cells Shed New Light on Gene Organization and Regulation
Monday, February 4, 2013 - 16:01
in Biology & Nature
Research from Whitehead Institute shows that transcription at the active promoters of protein-coding genes commonly runs in opposite directions. This leads to coordinated production of both protein-coding messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs).