Large DNA stretches, not single genes, shut off as cells mature

Sunday, January 18, 2009 - 13:56 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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