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Cells in your kidneys produce different proteins and carry out different tasks than cells in your brain. how is that possible?

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Hey there,

Question : Cells in your kidneys produce different proteins and carry out different tasks than cells in your brain. how is that possible?

Answer : Kidney and brain cells have the same DNA but they use different genes.

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All of cells have the same code which called genome but specific transcriptional factor in kidney and brain determine it cells differentiate as a kidney/brain.
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