An article by UAB professor Joan-Ramon Daban analyzes in depth the physical problems associated with DNA packaging that have often been neglected in ...
When the X chromosome is inactivated, it gets folded into a small, dense structure in the nucleus of the cell. This is called a Barr body. Since the X chromosome is larger than the Y chromosome ...
Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) have identified key changes to both chromosome structure and gene expression ...