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Visualizing long-range enhancer–promoter interaction

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A new study uses multicolor live imaging to simultaneously visualize enhancer–promoter interaction and transcription in Drosophila embryos.

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Fig. 1: Models of enhancer–promoter interaction.

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    Albert Tsai & Justin Crocker

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