Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of mortality worldwide, necessitating deeper insights into its molecular ...

Using mammalian cells and fission yeast, these two groups built on findings that histone methyltransferase SU(VAR)3-9 and its yeast homolog, Clr4, specifically methylate the ninth lysine (K9) on ...

Tsukuba, Japan—In eukaryotes, genomic DNA, which is a very long double helix containing all the genetic information, wraps around a globular protein called a histone and folds it many times before ...

This article explains how diet creates sustained epigenetic changes that affect long-term health, disease risk, aging, and ...