Histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) comprise one of the most intricate nuclear signaling networks that govern gene expression in a long-term and dynamic fashion. These PTMs are considered ...
Strands of DNA wrapped around a histone. Credit: Molekuul/Science Source Histones are among the most abundant proteins in the body. They act as spools that help compact DNA so our enormous genomes ...
Until recently, proteins called "histones" have been the Rodney Dangerfields ("I don't get no respect!") of the biochemical world. Histones bind to DNA and wrap the genetic material into "beads on a ...
Histones are perhaps more intimately linked with DNA than any other protein. Transcriptional regulation, recombination, repair, and replication--basically anything that happens to the DNA--must happen ...
Cells and organisms are targets of endogenous and exogenous genotoxic agents. Those hits induce different lesions of the DNA including single and double strand breaks, which in turn trigger the ...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The function of histones -- the proteins that enable yards of DNA to be crammed into a single cell -- depends on a number of chemical tags adorning their exterior. This ...
In a recent study published in the journal Science Advances, a group of researchers investigated the role of histone modifications in human aging by developing and evaluating histone-specific age ...
1 Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA 2 Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA Histone post-translational modifications ...