How DNA traffic jams cause cell differences
A study of identical bacterial cells reveals that congestion on the DNA molecule is responsible for differences between them
Apr 28, 2017 Tweet
The underlying molecular process that causes genetically identical cells in the same environment to behave differently has been uncovered by three RIKEN scientists.
- Fujita, K., Iwaki, M. & Yanagida, T. Transcriptional bursting is intrinsically caused by interplay between RNA polymerases on DNA. Nature Communications 7, 13788 (2016). doi: 10.1038/ncomms13788