In a groundbreaking study, researchers with the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) have identified a distinct histone tag in adult oligodendrocyte progenitor ...

DNA damage prompts DNA repair that may be either slapdash or tidy, depending on the circumstances. For example, during the S and G2 phases of the cell cycle, the BRCA1 protein promotes the tidy sort ...

A research team led by Dr. Xiang David Li, Associate Professor from the Department of Chemistry, in collaboration with Dr. Karen Wing Yee Yuen from the School of Biological Sciences and Dr. Jason Wing ...

Strands of DNA wrapped around a histone. Credit: Molekuul/Science Source Histones are among the most abundant proteins in the body. They act as spools that help compact DNA so our enormous genomes ...

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 ...