Some histones function as spools for the thread-like DNA to wrap around. Under the microscope in its extended form, chromatin looks like beads on a string. The beads are called nucleosomes.

That may be because bacterial histones are smaller, Warnecke hypothesized ... With all evidence thus far suggesting Bd0055 could be a typical histone protein, the team set out to determine if Bd0055 ...

Eukaryotes accomplish this feat by wrapping their DNA around special proteins called histones, thereby compacting it enough to fit inside the nucleus (Figure 8). Together, eukaryotic DNA and the ...

The finding, published Dec. 20 in Plant Cell, was co-authored by Cornell researchers and colleagues from the University of California, Davis, and Shandong Agricultural University in Shandong ...