This question is difficult to answer at present because of a dearth of knowledge of chromosome structure beyond the ... support to the cross-linker model. DNA containing a repeated nucleosome ...

Rethinking Models of DNA Organization in Micrometer‐Sized Chromosomes from the Perspective of the Nanoproperties of Chromatin ...

Histones are a family of basic proteins that associate with DNA ... a solenoid, where additional H1 histone proteins are associated with each nucleosome to maintain the chromosome structure.

A high-quality genome assembly of Silene latifolia was generated by researchers at CNRS/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and ...

These findings help us better understand the structure and function of our chromosomes. They also provide insight into how disruption of twisted DNA looping can affect health—for instance ...

Chances are you've seen an illustration of DNA's double-helix structure and even pictures of the chromosomes that comprise the human genome. But where and how does the famous double helix fit into ...

In most animal, plant and fungal cells DNA is stored in the nucleus coiled up in thread-like structures called chromosomes. The nucleus of one of your skin cells contains about two metres of DNA ...

When a cell divides, the process of DNA replication is very carefully ... Some mutations can affect the structure of one or more chromosomes - these are chromosome structure mutations.