(IMAGE)

Kumamoto University

Caption

Concept of the endothelial-activated Bivalent switch (bottom row); unlike existing stem cell differentiation switches (top row), the gas pedal for Pol II running on the gene is applied with the brake on, resulting in transient transcription.

Credit

Dr. Takashi Minami

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