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Chromatin Structure Model.
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posted on 2008-07-09, 02:18 authored by Taichi E. Takasuka, Alfred Cioffi, Arnold SteinThe grey circles denote nucleosomes; the black lines denote linker DNA. The drawing illustrates the juxtaposition of a >300 kb well-ordered region of chromatin (by virtue of signals encoded in DNA) and a >300 kb region that is not highly ordered (because the DNA lacks signals). A likely breakpoint upon mechanical stress is indicated.