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Nature 450, 959-960 (13 December 2007) | doi:10.1038/450959a; Published online 12 December 2007

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Molecular biology: Genome under surveillance

Karen M. Arndt1

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Decoding the information stored in DNA requires an intricate balance between processes that turn gene expression on or off. A protein that influences the packaging of DNA regulates this balance genome-wide.

Organisms store instructions for their own existence in DNA. Specific proteins access and read the DNA sequence either to replicate it or to mediate gene expression.

  1. Karen M. Arndt is in the Department of Biological Sciences, 269 Crawford Hall, University of Pittsburgh, 4249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
    Email: arndt@pitt.edu

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