Study uncovers how cells identify and silence unwanted jumping genes (IMAGE)

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Study uncovers how cells identify and silence unwanted jumping genes

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Published today in Nature Communications, co-first author Yingxia Yan, PhD, and corresponding author Mario Halic, PhD, St. Jude Department of Structural Biology, demonstrate how cells recognize and defend themselves from invading transposons.

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