Gene Enhancer
- Gene Enhancers are short pieces of DNA in the human genome.
- They are not actual genes, so they do not give rise to proteins.
- They are switches that tell the actual genes when to become switch on
and produce a protein. Each cell type in our body has different sets of
these enhancers switched on or off, and collectively they help to
organize the activities of our 20,000 genes in each single cell.
- It will assist scientists to further their understanding how individual
genes are regulated during development of the brain and how genetic
mutations may impact human neurological disorders.
