Researchers at the School of Biological Sciences of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have uncovered how eukaryotic cells can control gene activity even after losing one of their major gene-regulatory ...

We tend to view ourselves and the complex cells that build us as a distinct branch of the tree of life from the compact, seemingly featureless cells of bacteria and archaea. But we’ve found that our ...

In mammals (left), previous studies show that most MBD3 binding sites overlap with MBD2 and the Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase (NuRD) complex, while MBD2 also independently occupies additional ...