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multiple
more packing =
less transcription
acetylated histones
less packing =
more transcription
Environmental signals cause changes in expression –
signal transduction and the “nuclear response”
promoter regions
(similar to proks)
Euk regulation complex –
multiple protein interactions
Transcription factors
regulate RNA poly access to
promoter
?
(embryonic) (somatic:ex. bone
marrow)
Umbilical cord blood stem cells: somewhere in
between
Cell differentiation - becoming a certain
type of cell by activating certain genes
https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/stemcells/scintro
Cell differentiation - becoming a certain type
of cell by activating certain genes
Guess the Embryo (wgbh.org)
Studied in a field called epigenetics: