Space sets time inside the cell nucleus

Authors

  • Eddie Rodriguez-Carballo University of Geneva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25250/thescbr.brk623

Keywords:

DNA, chromosome organization, enhancers, fruit fly, gene activation

Abstract

How would we fit two meter of a thread do it into a 0.006mm space? Would it be easy to find along this thread important pieces that should interact? Those are the approximate measures of the human DNA and its enclosing nucleus, and the answer to the questions above have direct implications on how to activate genes at the right time and place.

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Published

2022-03-21

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2022)

Section

Health & Physiology

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