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. 2016 Oct 6;6:34808. doi: 10.1038/srep34808

Figure 4. Effect of reduced chromatin compaction on DC Linker DNA accessibility.

Figure 4

25-mer Arrays were assembled with either unmodified histones (WT) or H3 6KQ/H4 4KQ in the central DC nucleosome. (A) Arrays are not self-associated in digestion buffer containing 0.5 mM magnesium acetate. DraIII digestion buffer was prepared containing either 0.5 mM or 10 mM magnesium acetate (lanes 2 and 5 or 3 and 6, respectively) and the extent of self-association determined by a centrifuge assay. Arrays in TE buffer are shown for comparison (lanes 1 and 4). (B) Effect of reduced self-association on DC nucleosome linker DNA accessibility. The relative rate (krel) of DraIII digestion in buffer containing 0.5 mM magnesium acetate was determined. krels are indicated below the gels. (C) DC nucleosomes were ligated with naked p12 templates and the relative rate of digestion in NEB4 buffer determined. Lanes 1–10 show digestion time points taken over 60 minutes, as indicated.