Chemical changes to histones, the proteins that help to pack and organize DNA inside cells, play a key role in determining ...

Not all genes are active at all times. DNA methylation is one of several epigenetic mechanisms that cells use to control gene expression. This straightforward experiment demonstrated that it was ...

Study: DNA methylation controls stemness of astrocytes in health and ischaemia. Image Credit: Christoph Bock, Max Planck Institute for Informatics In a recent study published in the journal Nature ...

国际知名学术期刊 Nature Communications在线发表了中国科学院大连化学物理研究所叶明亮研究组、中国科学院分子细胞科学卓越创新中心（生物化学与细胞生物学研究所）程红研究组、中国科学院 ...

Those mutations let it survive without histidine. His findings using this ... Bird discovered DNA methylation, a natural change that turns off genes. Problems with methylation could lead to ...

The study reveals 44 differentially expressed proteins in cleft palate models, shedding light on molecular mechanisms and ...