Scientists shed light on evolution of gene regulation

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 17:21 in Biology & Nature

Scientists at Penn State have shed light on some of the processes that regulate genes - such as the processes that ensure that proteins are produced at the correct time, place, and amount in an organism - and they also have shed light on the evolution of the DNA regions that regulate genes. The team focused on regulatory regions that, when bound to the protein GATA1, are thought to turn on genes that play an important role in the development of red blood cells...

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