Scientists take a step towards uncovering the histone code

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Sat, 12/19/2009 - 23:00

(Emory University) DNA's packaging can be just as important and intricate as the information in the DNA itself.

A "histone code" is thought to lie behind the pattern of chemical modifications on histones, the spool-like proteins around which DNA is wound inside the cell.

The structures of two enzymes that modify histones give clues towards an understanding of the histone code.

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