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. 1979 Sep;76(9):4285–4288. doi: 10.1073/pnas.76.9.4285

Yeast chromatin is uniformly digested by DNase-I.

D Lohr, L Hereford
PMCID: PMC411558  PMID: 388438

Abstract

The DNase I (EC 3.1.21.1) sensitivity of transcribed yeast chromatin has been examined. We find that, in contrast to chromatin from higher eukaryotes, transcribed yeast chromatin and total yeast chromatin are equally sensitive to DNase I digestion. We interpret these results to mean that the entire yeast genome exists in a state that represents a restricted proportion of total chromatin in higher eukaryotes.

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