a: methylation ~
b: handcuffs
What:
"DNA methylation is like a pair of chemical handcuffs," says USC/Norris molecular biologist Peter Laird, Ph.D. "It marks part of the DNA as a part that should not be used. The gene is intact; it has just been silenced."
Useful?
Writer: Peter Laird, Ph.D.
LCC:
Where:
Date: Aug 19 2014 4:25 PM
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