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Intermolecular 3′UTR-3′UTR interactions drive Wnt gene activation through heteromeric protein assembly
Summary
In a molecular matchmaking plot twist, long conserved 3′UTRs don’t just chit-chat—they physically link up like quirky RNA wingmen, coaxing transcription factors and β-catenin into co-folding protein complexes on the fly to turbocharge Wnt signaling during stem cell dances.
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