Research report 2015 - Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry

How genes get active

Authors
Cramer, Patrick
Departments
Molekularbiologie
Summary
Genes must be activated to make use of the genetic information in living cells. Gene activation starts with a process called transcription, which produces RNA copies of genes. Transcription by the transcribing enzymes, the RNA polymerases, has now been resolved in atomic detail. Future research will concentrate on processes that regulate transcription and thereby govern gene activity during cellular differentiation and the development of tissues and organisms.

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