Gene silencing

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gene induction /repression

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  • Reliable gene silencing is vital to the health of an organism.
  • What remains for Rauscher and other researchers to explore is how gene silencing is maintained during and after mitosis--or, to put it another way, how this gene silencing is heritable during cell division.
  • Gene silencing is important for the differentiation of many different types of cells to take place.
  • Another major theme is the analysis of how gene silencing is accomplished in the chromatin of mammalian cells through the methylation of DNA.
  • Narration: Its called gene silencing Dr Mick Graham: Gene silencing is a technology that permits one to inactivate genes in an organism at will.

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