or histone methyl transferases (HMT; e.g., Sin3A, EZH2, SETDB1) and the chromodomain containing protein, HP1, that play a major role in gene silencing and maintaining the heterochromatin state (14).

This modification, outlined in a paper published in Neuron, is the mono-methylation (the addition of a methyl group) of the ...

A) A nucleosome consists of DNA associated with eight histone proteins, each with a tail domain. B) Along each histone tail, a number of different moieties can be attached to specific amino acids.

This article is authored by Saransh Chaudhary, president, Global Critical Care, Venus Remedies Ltd and CEO, Venus Medicine ...

Epigenetic modifications, such as DNA methylation and histone modifications, can affect gene expression by altering the accessibility of DNA to transcription factors and other regulatory proteins. DNA ...

One such modification is DNA methylation, the addition of molecules called methyl groups to cytosine (C), one of the four "letters" within ... said it would be difficult to map out histone proteins ...

We have characterized the histone methylation profiles affected by this cell phenotype switch and identified ... regulates growth performance through changes in epigenetic mechanisms regulating growth ...

A new study led by Pr. Serge McGraw, researcher at CHU Sainte-Justine and professor at Université de Montréal, shows that the effects of alcohol exposure on an embryo prior to implantation in ...