• Question: How many roles do genes have

    Asked by hch student to Stéphane on 13 Mar 2018.
    • Photo: Stéphane Berneau

      Stéphane Berneau answered on 13 Mar 2018:

      Technically, they all have the same … they should code for a protein (or multiple of them if there are multiple exons, called isoforms). The protein will have various roles depending on its localisation (nuclei, cytoplasm or membrane).

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