Chromatin is a flexibly joined chain of nucleosomes that exists inside the nucleus of eukaryotic cells and has been described as a 'bead on a string'. Chromatin organization strengthens DNA for ...

Cold sore-causing HSV-1 doesn't just hijack cells it reconfigures the entire architecture of our DNA to aid its invasion.

Researchers discovered that HSV-1 (herpes simplex virus) actively reshapes the 3D layout of human DNA within hours of ...

Despite having identical genetic instructions, female honey bee larvae can develop into either long-lived reproductive queens ...

Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the ...

There is more movement in our genome than we think. Almost half of the human genome consists of transposons—short DNA ...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer and a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide ...

1), showing for the first time that a lincRNA promotes metastatic chromatin remodeling. Figure 1: Schematic presentation of HOTAIR function in breast cancer progression. Individual histone ...

Researchers have discovered that the herpes virus reshapes the human genome’s architecture, rearranging its shape in ...