Decoding Human Genes is the Goal of a New Open-Source Encyclopedia (IMAGE)
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ENCODE is a massive database cataloging many of the functional elements of the entire collection of human genes -- the human genome. The ENCODE data are being made available to the scientific community and to the public as an open resource, thanks to an international team of researchers. This illustration shows a group of proteins in the process of traveling along a spiraling strand of DNA, a structure comprised of genetic material. A chromosome structure, composed of tightly coiled DNA, is illustrated in the background.
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