Repressed but ready to go: How bivalency holds developmental genes in a poised state for expression

PHYSorg
Feb 6, 2025, 2:56 pm195 pts
As well as being essential in the precise packaging of DNA into the space of the nucleus, histone proteins are also the site of modifications, chemical additions referred to as epigenetic marks, that control whether a gene is silenced or expressed.

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