Yaron Shav-Tal and colleagues at Bar-Ilan used their technique, which involves tagging the mRNA product from a single gene copy with green fluorescent protein, to track the speed and duration of the transcription of a single cyclin D1 allele, a well-characterized gene that produces a protein important to the cell cycle. By tracking the gene multiple times, the team was able to detect how many mRNA transcripts were produced, how quickly they were produced, and how different types of promoters affect the rate of transcription. Here, we share four videos the researchers made of the process:
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Author: Megan Scudellari
