Large DNA stretches, not single genes, shut off as cells mature
Saturday, January 24, 2009 - 13:00
in Biology & Nature
Experiments at Johns Hopkins have found that the gradual maturing of embryonic cells into cells as varied as brain, liver and immune system cells is apparently due to the shut off of several genes at once rather than in individual smatterings as previous studies have implied...
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