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Stopping transcription in its tracks

A new study of Drosophila melanogaster demonstrates that the establishment and maintenance of transcriptional repression are distinct processes that can be genetically dissected.

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Jennings, B. Stopping transcription in its tracks. Nat Genet 32, 87–88 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng943

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