Comment Re:Evolution proves totally brilliant once again (Score 1) 285
Personally I think this is WAY over-hyped, a link between double helix bendability and nucleosome binding was suspected. Inspecting 200 yeast nucleosome binding sites they found certain DNA protein sequences occurred at about 50% of the sites. They thus postulate that these DNA protein sequences allow the double helix to bend.
This is rather straight forward and is hardly the discovery of a "second code" nor does it shed any light on the mystery of cellular differentiation.
(i.e. what the cumbersome language of the article calls "the critical
but still mysterious process by which each type of human cell is
allowed to activate the genes it needs but cannot access the genes
used by other types of cell").
Nice graphics though.
This is rather straight forward and is hardly the discovery of a "second code" nor does it shed any light on the mystery of cellular differentiation.
(i.e. what the cumbersome language of the article calls "the critical
but still mysterious process by which each type of human cell is
allowed to activate the genes it needs but cannot access the genes
used by other types of cell").
Nice graphics though.
