Scientists uncover the intricacies of the 'on/off switch' that creates cell differentiation (image)

New York University

Caption

A. Drawing of the hb gene showing a Bicoid-bound enhancer and the hb promoter. B. A fly embryo showing hb RNA (blue) at only one end of the embryo. Image

Credit

Image courtesy of Jia Ling and Stephen Small

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