Table 1.

Parameter values for the linker-histone inclusive mesoscale oligonucleosome model.

Parameter	Description	Value
l0	Equilibrium DNA segment length	3.0 nm
Lp	Persistence length of DNA	50 nm
h	Stretching constant of DNA	100 kBT/$l_0^2$
g	Bending constant of DNA	LpkBT/l0
s	Torsional rigidity constant of DNA	3.0 × 10-12 erg.nm
θ0	Angular separation between linker segments at core	108°
2w0	Width of wound DNA supercoil	3.6 nm
r0	Radius of wound DNA supercoil	4.8 nm
htc	Stretching constant for tail bead attached to core	h
σtt	Excluded volume distance (EVD) for tail/tail interactions	1.8 nm
σtc	EVD for tail/core interactions	1.8 nm
σcc	EVD for core/core interactions	1.2 nm
σtl	EVD for tail/linker interactions	2.7 nm
σcl	EVD for core/linker interactions	2.4 nm
σgLHc	EVD for globular linker histone bead/core interactions	2.4 nm
σgLHl	EVD for globular linker histone bead/linker interactions	3.6 nm
σcLHc	EVD for C-terminal linker histone bead/core interactions	2.2 nm
σcLHl	EVD for C-terminal linker histone bead/linker interactions	3.4 nm
kev	Excluded volume interaction energy parameter	0.001 kBT
kevt	Tail/tail excluded volume interaction energy parameter	0.1kBT
ql	Charge on linker DNA bead at 0.15 M monovalent salt	-24.1e
ql	Charge on linker DNA bead at 0.01 M monovalent salt	-7.5e
qgLH	Charge on globular linker histone bead at 0.15 M monovalent salt	12.4e
qcLH	Charge on C-term linker histone bead at 0.15 M monovalent salt	29.9e
ε	Dielectric constant of solvent	80