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Nucleosome: Structural Features and Assembly

by Yinhuai Chen, a graduate student in the Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) Program, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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Structure of the nucleosome
Assembly of the nucleosome
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Literature citations:

Luger K, Mader AW, Richmond RK, Sargent DF, Richmond TJ. Nature. 1997 Sep 18;389(6648):251-60. medline.

Acknowledgements:

This presentation was developed with the technical guidance of Eric Martz in his class Macromolecular Visualization Laboratory.
Development of the template used to construct this presentation was supported by a grant from the Division of Undergraduate Education of the National Science Foundation.