Scientists from the NTU School of Biological Sciences, led by Professor Lars Nordenskiöld, recently published their study in The Embo Journal on an essential protein, telomere repeat binding factor 2 (TRF2), that plays a critical role in stabilising and maintaining...
Unravelling the mystery of human telomeric chromatin
A team of scientists from NTU School of Biological Sciences have discovered the first higher-order structure of telomeric chromatin, which brings us one step closer to understanding this important part of our chromosomes.
Unravelling the science behind chromatin folding and accessibility: the H4K20 methylation pathway
Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is often termed the blueprint of all life on Earth. Packed away in the nuclei of most cells, the genetic information stored in DNA contains instructions for all the functions, structures, and hereditary information of a living organism....
A Curious DNA Structure and its Potential Applications
DNA, the molecule responsible for storing genetic information, consists of two strands of nucleotide bases coiling around each other. On these strands, different arrangements of the four sub-molecules known as “nucleotide bases” (labelled A, T, G and C) form sequences called genes. Read more