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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER
卷 15, 期 19, 页码 R699-R774出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/19/203
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Recent progress has been made in the understanding of the physical properties of chromatin-the dense complex of DNA and histone proteins that Occupies the nuclei of plant and animal cells. Here I will focus on the two lowest levels of the hierarchy of DNA folding into the chromatin complex. (i) The nucleosome, the chromatin repeating unit consisting of a globular aggregate of eight histone proteins with the DNA wrapped around it: its overcharging, the DNA unwrapping transition, the 'sliding' of the octamer along the DNA. (ii) The 30 nm chromatin fibre, the necklace-like structure of nucleosomes connected via linker DNA: its geometry, its mechanical properties under stretching and its response to changing ionic conditions. I will stress that chromatin combines two seemingly contradictory features: (1) high compaction of DNA within the nuclear envelope and, at the same time, (2) accessibility to genes, promoter regions and gene regulatory sequences.
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