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05 February 2025
Sox and Bones
Sox10 is a transcription factor, a regulator of the rate a gene's DNA sequence is read to become messenger RNA, the step on the way to protein production. It plays many roles in embryo development and beyond. Here, studying zebrafish researchers find a previously undescribed role for Sox10 in initiating skeletal mineralization – the packing of bones with hydroxyapatite crystals of calcium and phosphate
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