In a study that takes another look at histones' origins, researchers report these proteins, known for DNA-packing, may have evolutionary roots in early life in helping to maintain the use of metals ...

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 ...

Researchers discovered that a small region of the PRC2 protein complex acts as a functional switch controlling gene silencing. Removing this domain stopped cancer cell growth, highlighting a potential ...

The biology of histone proteins encompasses their synthesis in the cytosol, nuclear import and incorporation into nucleosomes, as well as subsequent eviction from chromatin, redeposition, storage or ...

DNA–protein cross-links (DPCs) represent a severe form of DNA damage that can disrupt essential chromatin-based processes. Among them, DNA–histone cross-links (DHCs) occur frequently within ...

Researchers identify hundreds of candidate histone proteins in bacteria, including one with an unusual way of binding to DNA. Now, Warnecke and colleagues are challenging the idea that these ...

The story of cancer is, largely, one of broken genes. The valiant tumor suppressor, defender of cellular integrity, maimed and enfeebled. The conniving oncogene, hyper-activated, allowed to run wild ...

There is perhaps no more fundamental property of life than change, both with respect to personal experience and, as the basis of evolution, to the nature of biology itself. The constant genetic ...