The discovery of a totally new kind of ‘mark’ in human cell nucleus
Friday, July 1, 2016 - 11:21
in Biology & Nature
A Japanese research group verified the presence of a protein modification that is a unique mark in human cell nucleus. This protein modification, Histone H4 lysine 20 acetylation (H4K20ac), was only discovered in plant cells and its existence in mammalian cells has been indirectly proven. Their study suggests that H4K20ac is associated with gene repression. […]