Cell division produces new cells, which underpin life proliferation and development. Mitosis is the shortest and the most dynamic phase of the cell cycle. During mitosis, chromosomes are evenly ...

A research team from AIST, the Institute of Science Tokyo, and Ritsumeikan University has demonstrated that the phase behavior of histone–DNA condensates depends on the site of histone acetylation.

Many different factors can contribute to Human health and disease response and regulation. The role of these factors is constantly being researched by scientists to throw light on how they function in ...

Cortisol, also commonly known as the stress hormone, belongs to the family of glucocorticoids. In addition to its physiological function, synthetic derivatives of cortisol are also used as ...

Researchers from the University of Seville have participated in research to identify the molecular details of the regulation of an enzyme essential for sugar metabolism and closely linked to cell ...

Acetylation of the tail of histone protein H4 is a key modification known to play a role in activating gene expression. Structural modeling studies by Garegin A. Papoian and Davit Potoyan of the ...

Toxic tau protein, untangled but donning a pair of acetyl groups, infiltrates synapses and prevents memory formation, according to a paper in the March 31 Neuron online. The study explains one way tau ...