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Hidden DNA weak spot near gene start mutates rapidly

These sequences are extremely prone to mutations and rank among the most functionally important regions in the entire human ...
Humans have it. So does Drosophila. But not yeast. That "it" is a small pause at the start of gene activity—a brief molecular halt that may have helped life evolve from simple cells to complex animals ...
A newly revealed molecular tug-of-war may have implications for better understanding how a multitude of diseases and ...
A newly revealed molecular tug-of-war may have implications for better understanding how a multitude of diseases and ...
A newly revealed molecular tug-of-war may have implications for better understanding how a multitude of diseases and ...
A newly discovered promoter element "start" points to a shared regulatory syntax for controlling transcription initiation in ...