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Article: Researchers Identify Protein Important For Beginning Process.
- Article from:
- Genomics & Genetics Weekly
- Article date:
- July 13, 2001
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2001 JUL 13 - (NewsRx Network) -- Researchers have identified the single protein in yeast that initiates the gene-activation process when it marks the start of a gene and allows the transcription process to begin.
An important step toward a better understanding of the gene-activation process, the discovery also promises potential applications in the effort to combat diseases such as cancer and leukemia because a comparable protein exists in humans. The research findings were published in the June 22, 2001, edition of the journal Science.
"We had known that proteins were attracted to the end of a gene in order to start the process, but the question was ...