The team of Professor Christof Niehrs at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Mainz, Germany, has discovered that a ...

Christof Niehrs at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Mainz, Germany, has discovered that a DNA modification called ...

Scientists find new epigenetic switch 5-formylcytosine activates genes in the embryonic development of vertebrates Date: September 18, 2024 Source: Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz Summary ...

The team of Professor Christof Niehrs at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Mainz, Germany, has discovered that a ...

One of the most fascinating discoveries in biology is that cells have mechanisms for dynamically regulating genetic ...

F rom fruit flies that survive a mere two weeks to the giant tortoises of the tropics that can live for nearly 200 years, ...

Researchers led by the Institute of Molecular Biology have found that 5-formylcytosine (5fC), a DNA alteration, acts as an ...

Epigenetics, the dynamic regulation of genetic expression, involves complex molecular mechanisms. While the process of gene silencing by methylating the H3K27 position in histones is understood, not ...

One of the most fascinating discoveries in biology is that cells have mechanisms for dynamically regulating genetic ...

This finding proves for the first time that vertebrates have more than one type of epigenetic DNA mark and sheds new light on how genes are regulated in the earliest stages of development.