Multiple 'siblings' from every gene: Alternate gene reading leads to alternate gene products
Monday, July 11, 2011 - 16:30
in Biology & Nature
A genome-wide survey by researchers at The Wistar Institute shows how our cells create alternate versions of mRNA transcripts by altering how they "read" DNA. Many genes are associated with multiple gene promoters, the researchers say, which is the predominant way multiple variants of a given gene, for example, can be made with the same genetic instructions.