The control of gene expression in eukaryotes is more complex than that in prokaryotes. In general, a greater number of regulatory proteins are involved, and regulatory binding sites may be located ...

However, the structure of chromatin also appears to serve a second, possibly more important role, in that it gives eukaryotic cells the capability to exert complex levels of control over gene ...

Genetic studies have made it clear that eukaryotic horizontal gene transfer can and does happen. Exactly how, though, remains speculative. Christie is a seasoned science journalist and cell and ...

Genetic switches could play a role in creating complex eukaryotic genetic circuits for programmed cell-free systems or artificial cells.