Novel Histone Demethylase Protein Complex Discovered By Researchers At Stowers Institute’s Workman Lab
The Stowers Institute’s Workman Lab has discovered a novel histone demethylase protein complex characterized in work published in Molecular Cell. The Histone H3 protein is an important component of chromatin, the packing material wrapping up chromosomal DNA and preventing unwanted transcription of the message encoded in the DNA. Histone H3 can be altered by adding (methylating) or removing (demethylating) methyl groups from the histone protein.
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