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Cells Coordinate Genes Using FM Bursts Thursday, October 02, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Biology   
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How a cell achieves the coordinated control of a number of genes at the same time, a process that's necessary for it to regulate its own behavior and development, has long puzzled scientists. Now, they have discovered a surprising answer. Just as human engineers control devices ranging from dimmer switches to retrorockets using pulsed - or frequency modulated (FM) - signals, cells tune the expression of groups of genes using discrete bursts of activation. (source: mr.caltech.edu)
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