The linker histones, H1 and its variant forms, have been implicated in the formation of higher orders of chromatin structure and gene repression. Three recent manuscripts have reexamined the location ...
Colin Thomas, Yingbiao Ji, Chao Wu, Haily Datz, Cody Boyle, Brett MacLeod, Shri Patel, Michelle Ampofo, Michelle Currie, Jonathan Harbin, Kate Pechenkina, Niraj Lodhi, Sarah J. Johnson, Alexei V.
How can human cells pack 3-meter-long DNA into their tiny nuclei and unpack it only where and when it is needed? This fascinating process is far from being completely understood. Researchers at the ...