a: methylation ~
b: enormous fire-hose
What:
"Also, it appears that methylation is like an enormous fire-hose spraying methyl groups everywhere in the genome to dampen the ground and prevent any small fires (viruses) from igniting. How much stock can you put in research findings that hinge on the appearance/disappearance of 1 or 2 errant methyl groups?"
Useful?
Writer: dendrite
LCC:
Where:
Date: Aug 19 2014 4:46 PM
# 6121 Critique Analogy