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. 1974 Nov;1(11):1579–1586. doi: 10.1093/nar/1.11.1579

A model for particulate structure in chromatin

KE Van Holde 1, CG Sahasrabuddhe 1, Barbara Ramsay Shaw 1
PMCID: PMC343437  PMID: 10793713

Abstract

A model is proposed for the structure of nuclease-resistant chromatin particles. The model is novel in that it proposes that the DNA in such a particle is wound about a protein core, made up of the hydrophobic regions of histone molecules.

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