Physical force alone spurs gene expression, study reveals
Wednesday, April 8, 2020 - 09:00
in Biology & Nature
Cells will ramp up gene expression in response to physical forces alone, a new study finds. Gene activation, the first step of protein production, starts less than one millisecond after a cell is stretched – hundreds of times faster than chemical signals can travel, the researchers report. Former Illinois postdoctoral fellow and study co-author Junwei […]