Replication-dependent histone mRNAs, which encode the most abundant histone proteins, are the only known cellular mRNAs that are not polyadenylated. Instead they end in a conserved stem–loop ...

The beads are called nucleosomes. Each nucleosome is made of DNA wrapped around eight histone proteins that function like a spool and are called a histone octamer. Each histone octamer is composed ...

Learn about our Editorial Policies. Now, Warnecke and colleagues are challenging the idea that these space-saving proteins are not commonplace in bacteria. In a preprint uploaded to bioRxiv this ...

One of those genes was similar to a gene known to create a linker histone protein in Arabidopsis, a plant in the mustard family that is widely used in plant biology research. By using an ...

They also found increased subtypes of proteins in the oocytes, including histone proteins and several cytoskeletal proteins, as well as organ-specific proteins, including the ZP3 protein ...