Promoters and enhancers have long been regarded as distinct elements, a notion that has been challenged more recently. Two new studies now identify promoters that function as long-range enhancers in vivo to regulate the transcription of distal genes.
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Catarino, R., Neumayr, C. & Stark, A. Promoting transcription over long distances. Nat Genet 49, 972–973 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3904
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