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The Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), affiliated with @UniBasel & @NovartisScience, conducts research at the forefront of biomedicine.
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http://www.fmi.ch 26-07-2017 08:33:25
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Cells turn genes on and off with the help of transcription factors, but binding to DNA is complex. Marco Pregnolato, Ralph Grand and others in the Schübeler Lab found that these factors act more variably than expected, sometimes displacing nucleosomes only in certain regions 🧬