Wealth of genomic hotspots discovered in embryonic stem cells

Friday, June 13, 2008 - 11:28 in Biology & Nature

In a paper published in Cell on June 13, 2008, Singapore scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) unveil an atlas that showing the location of "genomic hotspots" of essential protein "switches" (transcription factors) that are critical for maintaining the embryonic stem (ES) cell state.

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