Much of the human genome is made of regulatory regions that control which genes are expressed at a given time within a cell. Those regulatory elements can be located near a target gene or up to 2 million base pairs away from the target., , , , To enable those interactions, the genome loops itself in a 3D structure that brings distant regions close together. Using a new technique, MIT researchers have shown that they can map these interactions with 100 times higher resolution than has previously.
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Using a new technique, MIT researchers have shown that they can map interactions between gene promoters and enhancers with 100 times higher resolution than has previously been possible.
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