Each of us has enough DNA to reach from here to the sun and back, more than 300 times. How is all of that DNA packaged so tightly into chromosomes and squeezed into a tiny nucleus? Histones are a ...

An article by UAB professor Joan-Ramon Daban analyzes in depth the physical problems associated with DNA packaging that have ...

In eukaryotes, DNA is tightly wound into a complex called chromatin. Thanks to the process of chromatin remodeling, this complex can be "opened" so that specific genes are expressed. Various ...

Kamal is a freelance science journalist based in the UK with a PhD in virology from the University of Cambridge. View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Now, Warnecke and colleagues are ...