All Articles Tagged As: chromatin

EuroDYNA takes lid off the genome (6/16/2008)

European researchers have made significant progress unravelling how genes are governed and why this sometimes goes wrong in disease. The key lies in the dynamic ever-changing structure of the chromatin ...> Full Article

Protocols features classic approaches for analyzing chromosomes (5/2/2008)

Two classic methods for chromosomal analysis ...> Full Article

Scientists Clarify a Mechanism of Epigenetic Inheritance (4/23/2008)

"Silent" DNA stays that way as a result of RNA interference during chromosome replication ...> Full Article

Plant researchers publish finding on enzyme, drought connection (4/20/2008)

A better understanding of how plants tolerate drought could result ...> Full Article

New technique yields more detailed picture of chromatin structure (4/18/2008)

Researchers have developed a technique for imaging cells under an electron microscope that yields a sharper image of the structure of chromatin, the tightly wound bundle of genetic material and proteins that makes up the chromosomes ...> Full Article

Brain DNA 'Remodeled' in Alcoholism (4/3/2008)

Reshaping of the DNA scaffolding that supports and controls the expression of genes in the brain may play a major role in the alcohol withdrawal symptoms, particularly anxiety, that make it so difficult for alcoholics to stop using alcohol. ...> Full Article

New revelations in epigenetic control shed light on breast cancer (3/11/2008)

Scientists discover that long-term regulation of the human genome is much more dynamic than assumed ...> Full Article