DNA's twisted communication
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 13:30
in Biology & Nature
Gene expression needs to be finely controlled during embryo development. Fgf8 is one of these regulation factors that control how the limbs, the head and the brain grow. Researchers have elucidated how Fgf8 in mammal embryos is, itself, controlled by a series of interdependent regulatory elements. Their findings shed new light on the importance of the genome’s architecture for gene regulation.