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. 2016 Oct 10;26(19):R895-R898.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.031. Epub 2016 Oct 10.

Gene Regulation: Activation through Space

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Gene Regulation: Activation through Space

Felix Muerdter et al. Curr Biol. .
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A recent study visualizes nascent RNAs in live Drosophila embryos to establish a connection between enhancer strength and the frequency of transcriptional bursts. Interestingly, one enhancer can simultaneously activate two core promoters, challenging models of enhancer-core-promoter communication via direct protein-protein contacts.

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