Stochastic Responses Are Not Left to Pure “Chance”
CellPublished 1 October 2013Open access
Aggelos Banos, Marios Agelopoulos, Dimitris Thanos
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It is reported that chromatin loop formation governs hierarchical cotranscription within a multigene complex and is related to intrachromosomal interactions.
Abstract
Many coregulated genes assemble in multigene complexes via stochastic inter- and intrachromosomal interactions. In this issue, Fanucchi et al. report that chromatin loop formation governs hierarchical cotranscription within a multigene complex.
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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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