Some histones function as spools for the thread-like DNA to wrap around. Under the microscope in its extended form, chromatin looks like beads on a string. The beads are called nucleosomes.

Chromatin organization strengthens DNA for mechanically stressful processes like mitosis, helps protect DNA from damage and is important in the control of gene expression and DNA replication.

Human survival is dependent upon an extraordinarily intricate dance that takes place inside every cell and every nucleus. DNA ...

Inside every cell, inside every nucleus, your continued existence depends on an incredibly complicated dance. Proteins are ...

Here's what this number 16 looks like to someone with total colorblindness. It's much more common to have trouble telling apart shades of red and green, blue and yellow, or a mix of these.

From the site of the first free Black community in the United States to mountain villages that look like something ripped out of a book of fairy tales, these small towns look like they’re frozen ...

Despite increased dialogue around racial and gender bias and discrimination, women of color struggle to advance in their careers due to the rigidity of unjust systems.

Two aggressive single parents get into a feud over a holiday party at their kids' school, but in the process, they rediscover the true spirit of Christmas and sow the seeds of a possible romance.

Researchers have reconstructed what Americans believe God looks like and the results say a lot about human nature. While those who believe in it have long debated about what Jesus would have liked ...

It looks as if it's going to rain again. It looks like we're going home without a suntan. It seems as if they're no longer in love. It seems like she'll never agree to a divorce. It seems to be ...

Chromatin accessibility increases during cranial neural crest specification. (A) Embryos were dissected at E7.5 (TS11d, 0 somites), E8.25 (TS12a, 3 somites), E8.5 (TS13, 8 to 12 somites), and E9.5 ...

I’d listened to it like three times and I think it’s rubbish.” At the 2022 Ivor Novellos’ The Cure spoke to NME and confirmed that the album was “almost finished”. “Reeves our ...