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Rope chromatin models containing 12 nucleosomes. The rope represents the path of the DNA. Histones are not shown. The stars indicate the DNA ends. (A) Solenoid-like model; the rope nucleosomes are wrapped around a helical support, which is not a part of the structure. (B) Accordion-like model.
