DNA methylation is one of several epigenetic ... DNA also form complexes with the proteins involved in deacetylation of histones. Therefore, when DNA is methylated, nearby histones are ...

Methylation is one of the more prevalent chemical modifications that histones undergo. Researchers have previously found that the methylation of one particular location, lysine-4, on histone H3 ...

Methylation of histones can activate or repress gene transcription according to which residues are modified. Whether and how these modifications act in concert with the other histone modifications ...

Protein methylation has been most studied in histones, where the transfer of methyl groups from S-adenosyl methionine is catalyzed by histone methyltransferases. Histones that are methylated on ...

Modifying histones can affect transcription by altering the structure ... represent a more complex and diverse mechanism to affect gene transcription than DNA methylation. In fact, one effect of DNA ...