The team of Professor Christof Niehrs at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Mainz, Germany, has discovered that a DNA modification called 5-formylcytosine (5fC) functions as an activating epigenetic switch that kick-starts genes in early embryonic development.
Scientists find new epigenetic switch, revealing how genes are regulated in early development retrieved 18 September 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-09-scientists-epigenetic-revealing-genes-early.html
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