Transcription runs like clockwork
Monday, September 3, 2012 - 08:30
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org)—It's not just a few key genes and proteins that cycle on and off in humans in a 24-hour circadian pattern as the sun rises and falls. Thousands of genes in organs throughout the body show predictable daily fluctuations, and their cycles of activity are controlled in a complex variety of ways, Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have discovered.