histone code

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003189",
  "term": "histone code",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The specific patterns of changes made to histones, that are involved in assembly, maintenance, and alteration of chromatin structural states (such as euchromatin and heterochromatin). The changes are made by various histone modification processes that include acetylation; methylation; phosphorylation; and ubiquitination.",
  "synonyms": [
    "histone marks",
    "histone modifications"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "amino acid sequences",
    "genetic code",
    "histones"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "código de histonas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/histone-code/"
}