Molecules in Action to Find the Beginning of a Gene (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Molecules in Action to Find the Beginning of a Gene

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This image shows TFIID (blue) as it contacts the DNA and recruits the polymerase (grey) for gene transcription. The start of the gene is shown with a flash of light.

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Eva Nogales/Berkeley Lab

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