A nucleosome is a section of DNA that is wrapped around a core of proteins ... which are known as a histone octamer. Each histone octamer is composed of two copies each of the histone proteins ...

In a preprint uploaded to bioRxiv this January that has yet to undergo peer review, the team describes hundreds of potential histone proteins in bacteria, including one that they predict interacts ...

Histone modification is an epigenetic mechanism that enables fine-tuning of gene expression. Mutation or dysregulation of proteins associated with histone modification (called “writers,” “erasers,” ...