Science news articles about 'chromosomal protein'

  • Once suspect protein found to promote DNA repair, prevent cancer

    ... abundant chromosomal protein that binds to damaged DNA prevents cancer development by enhancing DNA ... make sense to us, because HMGB1 is a chromosomal protein that's so abundant that it would be hard ...
  • 'Scrawny' gene keeps stem cells healthy

    ... fruit fly gene scrawny (so named because of the appearance of mutant adult flies) modifies a specific chromosomal protein, histone H2B, used by cells to package DNA into chromosomes ...
  • The genetic X-factor

    ... relating to learning disability, we have also uncovered a small proportion - 1% or more - of X chromosome protein-coding genes that, when knocked out, appear to have no effect on the characteristics ...
  • Cohesin jigsaw begins to fit

    ... essential chromosomal protein complex cohesin has crucial roles in sister chromatid cohesion, DNA ... thought. Earlier studies investigated cohesin's chromosomal binding sites in different model organisms ...

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