What is a gene?

Helen Pearson
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Nature, 2006, vol. 441, issue 7092, 398-401

Abstract: The idea of genes as beads on a DNA string is fast fading. Protein-coding sequences have no clear beginning or end and RNA is a key part of the information package, reports Helen Pearson.

Date: 2006
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