Prof. Franklin Pugh, Chitvan Mittal grad, Olivia Lang grad, and William K.M. Lai grad highlights new understandings of how the epigenome impacts transcription within cells.
Yeast, that simple organism essential to making beer and bread, has revealed for Cornell University researchers a key mechanism in how genes are controlled.
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Get latest articles and stories on Science at LatestLY. Using CRISPR techniques, the researchers removed parts of the yeast transcription machinery to systematically examine their role in regulating genes. Yeast and humans have mostly the same molecular machinery to regulate their genes, so yeast provides an excellent model for understanding gene regulation in humans. Science News | New Research Sheds Light on How Genes Turn on and off.