Illuminating Epigenetics with A FRET Based Biosensor
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...gene is expressed in normal individuals (in a parent-of-origin-specific manner), but the expression or silencing...Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes in gene expression that do not involve any changes to DNA sequence...is wrapped around histones changes, then gene expression can change as well. The more frequently and tightly...compacted region and results in a loss of gene expression. In this way, genes in compacted regions are ...until now.
Alice Ting’s lab has developed a new, plasmid-based biosensor to visualise changes in histone...opens up a new way to visualize changes in gene expression and may lead to the development of a whole new...Additional Resources at Addgene
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