The beads are called nucleosomes. Each nucleosome is made of DNA wrapped around eight histone proteins that function like a spool and are called a histone octamer. Each histone octamer is composed ...

This enzyme is able to silence specific DNA sections by epigenetically modifying histone proteins that package the DNA. These modifications ensure that the DNA is densely packed as heterochromatin ...

Chromatin, the mix of DNA and protein that houses each cell's genome, is more resilient to aging than previously thought, suggests a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society by ...

How? Scientists are using ChIP and PCR to find out. To examine changes in histone modification during blood cell development in chickens, the investigators started with whole chromatin from ...

Newer treatments target pathways like Delta-like ligand 3, poly-ADP-ribose polymerase, and histone deacetylase to address ...

Researchers uncover a link between genetic mutations and epigenetic changes, two major contributors to aging. Their findings ...

Results prove that inversions can be generated in plants without causing further unwanted changes in the expression of genetic information.

This enzyme is able to silence specific DNA sections by epigenetically modifying histone proteins that package the DNA. These modifications ensure that the DNA is densely packed as heterochromatin ...