'Housekeeping' genes are activated randomly

Sunday, December 5, 2010 - 22:20 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have made an unexpected finding about the method by which certain genes are activated. Contrary to what researchers have traditionally assumed, genes that work with other genes to build protein structures do not act in a coordinated way but instead are turned on randomly. The surprising discovery may fundamentally change the way scientists think about the way cellular processes are synchronized.

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