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A scaffold model of the chromosome. The giant loop architecture of the chromosome is stabilized by multiple attachments to the cellular matrix. The matrix does not have to be continuous but is likely to be linked to the chromosome segregation machinery. The chromosome is further stabilized by DNA supercoiling and numerous nucleoid associated proteins, NAPs, which bend and bridge DNA (not shown).
