Elegant Switch Controls Translation in Transition From Egg to Embryo

The transition from an egg to a developing embryo is one of life's most remarkable transformations. Now Whitehead Institute researchers have used fruit flies to decipher how one aspect--control of the translation of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) into proteins--shifts as the egg becomes an the embryo. This type of switch could tell scientists more about how human cells work and embryos develop.

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