Open AccessHeterogeneity of the chromosome fiber
Author(s) -
Manfred Renz
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
nucleic acids research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 9.008
H-Index - 537
eISSN - 1362-4954
pISSN - 0305-1048
DOI - 10.1093/nar/6.8.2761
Subject(s) - biology , planck , chromosome , library science , genetics , physics , gene , astrophysics , computer science
Evidence is presented that the 250 A thick chromosome fiber consists of clusters of nucleosomes (superbeads) which are heterogeneous in size. In bovine lymphocyte chromatin their number average corresponds to about 12 nucleosomes.