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. 2006 May 23;16(10):R371-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.04.014.

Eukaryotic transcription: what does it mean for a gene to be 'on'?

Ido Golding  1 , Edward C Cox
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Eukaryotic transcription: what does it mean for a gene to be 'on'?

Ido Golding et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Until recently, transcription could only be observed by measuring mRNA production of cell populations, thus obscuring the kinetics at the level of individual transcription events. A new study now shows that eukaryotic transcription, visualised in individual living cells, occurs in bursts -- much as it does in prokaryotes.

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