In rare disease, a familiar protein disrupts gene function
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 19:35
in Biology & Nature
An international team of scientists studying a rare genetic disease discovered that a bundle of proteins with the long-established function of keeping chromosomes together also plays an important role in regulating genes in humans.
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