Radial density distribution of chromatin: evidence that chromatin fibers have solid centers.
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Radial density distribution of chromatin: evidence that chromatin fibers have solid centers
Fiber diameter, radial distribution of density, and radius of gyration were determined from scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) of unstained, frozen-dried chromatin fibers. Chromatin fibers isolated under physiological conditions (ionic strength, 124 mM) from Thyone briareus sperm (DNA linker length, n = 87 bp) and Necturus maculosus erythrocytes (n = 48 bp) were analyzed by object...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Biology
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0021-9525,1540-8140
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.110.2.245