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. 2021 Nov 11;10(11):1463. doi: 10.3390/pathogens10111463

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Chromatin organisation and compaction in eukaryotes. Chromatin, a DNA–protein complex, forms chromosomes within the nucleus of eukaryotic cells. The central unit of chromatin is the nucleosome composed of a histone octamer and DNA. Histone H1 promotes further chromatin folding in some eukaryotes.