The Z-flipon (IMAGE)

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The Z-flipon

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The Z-flipon switches from the left-handed Z-DNA conformation (ON) to the Right-handed Watson-Crick B-DNA (OFF) in active genes. A different protein is produced without mutating the coding sequence.

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Alan Herbert

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