CRISPR Between the Genes: How to Experiment with Enhancers and Epigenomics
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Blog Post
Published
Aug. 9, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
...action at a distance.” Through the marvel of DNA compaction, an enhancer can increase the expression of a...millions of base pairs away. (For details on DNA compaction and the structural proteins that make it possible...details.
DNA is a 3D Fractal
Figure 2: DNA compaction. Graphics courtesy of beyondthedish (left) and...tertiary structures (globules) to achieve exquisite compaction—on the order of 700 terabytes per gram—and form...chromosomes we all know and love.
To understand compaction, suppose you have a piece string that’s 10 meters..., are mere millimeters apart. Similarly, cells compact DNA in a way that brings linearly distant regions...