Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Controlling genes with light - MIT News Office


A new technology developed at MIT  the Broad Institute that can rapidly start or halt the expression of any gene of interest simply by shining light on the cells. This technique helps the scientists to understand the function of genes better by taking advantage of CRY2 light-sensitive  protein, which changes its shape and binding to CIB1 in the present of light. 






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