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Nucleosomes

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Nucleosomes A nucleosome is a globular structure with a core of 8 histone proteins surrounded by two DNA coils and sealed with a histone proteins called H1. Nucleosomes are foun…
By Tanya Peifer

Problems 4

A nucleosome is a globular structure that contains how many histone proteins? How many times does DNA coil around a nucleosome?
How are adjacent nucleosomes connected to each other?
During mitosis, nucleosomes undergo supercoiling where the nucleosomes are pulled close together. Which structure pulls the nucleosomes closer together?
During interphase, the cells are not dividing and the nucleosomes uncoil. What happens to allow this uncoiling?