Keywords: human GI tract, gut microbiome, host genetics, host epigenetics, epi-transcriptomics, GI homeostasis, microbiome-derived metabolites, DNA methylation, histone acetylation Important Note: All ...
Students are no strangers to stress, irregular eating habits, and environmental exposures—factors that can impact gene expression through epigenetic changes. Epigenetics is the study of how gene ...
The team of Professor Christof Niehrs at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Mainz, Germany, has discovered that a DNA modification called 5-formylcytosine (5fC) functions as an activating ...