Second DNA Code Is Discovered
by deletron, saturday july 29 2006 at 1:03pm :: General

This is neat, it seems like we have a second layer of genetic code that may or may not control higher levels of genetic control
U.S. and Israeli scientists have reported discovering a second DNA code that sets the placement of the nucleosomes around which DNA is looped.
The researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois and the Weizmann Institute in Israel say the new code they discovered is in addition to DNA's genetic code, which specifies all the proteins a cell makes, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
Scientists told the Times the discovery, if confirmed, could open new insights into the higher order control of the genes, such as the process by which each human cell is allowed to activate the genes it needs, but cannot access the genes used by other types of cell.




