Protein that keeps stem cells poised for action identified

Sunday, December 27, 2009 - 23:21 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have now identified a critical component, called Jarid2, of this delicate balancing act -- one that both recruits other regulatory proteins to genes important in differentiation and also modulates their activity to keep them in a state of ongoing readiness.

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