Binding to produce flowers

Posted by on April 21, 2016 12:57 pm
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The LEAFY protein, a transcription factor responsible for flower development, is able to assemble itself in small chains made up of several proteins. This mechanism allows it to bind to and activate regions of the genome that are inaccessible to a single protein.

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