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February 12, 2012 Histone Acetylation and Cancer: Challenging the Dogma
DNA is usually represented as a long linear molecule (the famous double helix). In fact, in the cell nucleus, DNA is generally spooled around histone proteins to form more compact structures called nucleosomes. Each nucleosome contains DNA and an octamer of histones composed of two molecules of each type of…
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January 9, 2011 A Discovery by Marc Therrien Honoured by Québec Science
The recent breakthrough by Marc Therrien and his team of a new mechanism that controls the transmission of an abnormal signal at the origin of several cancers was chosen as one of the top 10 discover…