The chromosome fiber: evidence for an ordered superstructure of nucleosomes.

Abstract:

:Chromosome fibers isolated from lymphocyte nuclei and prepared for electron microscopy by techniques designed to preserve their native structure have a distinctly knobby appearance, suggesting that DNA and protein are not distributed evenly along the fiber axis. Individual knobs (superbeads) are arranged in tandem and have an average diameter of about 200 A. Mild nuclease digestion of isolated nuclei releases apparent monomer superbeads that are composed of nucleohistone particles with the properties of nucleosomes. The kinetics of digestion indicate that the superbead is a discrete structural unit containing, on the average, about eight nucleosomes.

journal_name

Chromosoma

journal_title

Chromosoma

authors

Hozier J,Renz M,Nehls P

doi

10.1007/BF00327030

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1977-07-18 00:00:00

pages

301-17

issue

4

eissn

0009-5915

issn

1432-0886

journal_volume

62

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