Beyond Promoters: How Genes Tweak Their Own Expression

Tamás Székely; Gábor Balázsi

doi:10.1016/j.tig.2018.07.002

Beyond Promoters: How Genes Tweak Their Own Expression

Tamás Székely
, Gábor Balázsi

Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology

Stony Brook University

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Abstract

The correct expression of genes is vital for cells to function. Schikora-Tamarit et al. show that, in addition to obeying their promoters, most genes can modulate their own expression by either buffering or amplification. This could help to avoid costly overexpression of proteins.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	733-735
Number of pages	3
Journal	Trends in Genetics
Volume	34
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2018.07.002
State	Published - Oct 2018

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