Histone modifications influence the recruitment of reader proteins to chromosomes to regulate events including transcription and cell division. The idea of a histone code, where combinations of ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves. For this, the cell must duplicate its DNA—its genome—and segregate it equally ...

During mitotic cell division, pliable interphase chromatin is transformed into stiff mitotic chromosomes able to withstand the pushing and pulling forces of the mitotic spindle. How the cell ...