title: All things to all people.
abstract: Myc is an enigma wrapped in a mystery. Attempts to identify Myc target genes, particularly in cancer, have been fraught with dead ends and context-specific functions. Lin et al. and Nie et al. address this conundrum by showing that Myc acts to amplify the output of existing transcriptionally active genes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Trevor D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Littlewood
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kreuzaler
authors.forename: Gerard I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Evan