Gene Regulatory Sequences and Human Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ahituv, Nadav (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Systems biology.; Developmental biology.; Biomedicine.; Human Genetics.; Developmental Biology.; Systems Biology.

Genes make up less than 2% of our DNA and within the remaining 98% lie other extremely important sequences that function as gene regulatory elements, instructing genes when, where and at what levels to turn on or off. In this book, we introduce the different types of gene regulatory elements and how...