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Within each cell they were able to map changes to histones, the proteins that help control the release of cytokines -- proteins that help control inflammation in the body and that can affect pregnancy.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2024

Each macrophage contains a set of identity-forming instructions encoded in strands of DNA, which are wrapped around protein complexes called histones and then wound into a 3D structure called chromatin.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024

Notably, they observed that Spt16, a component of FACT, captures the histones that have been completely stripped off the duplex DNA from the parental nucleosome.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2024

The packages of DNA and histones are called chromatin.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023

It is remarkable that many histones are soluble in an excess of alkali.

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