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Epigenetic Regulation of Chromatin Structure. The nucleosome is the basic structural unit of chromatin and consists in 146 base pairs of DNA tightly packaged around an octameric protein core of histones. Epigenetic mechanisms include the positioning and remodeling of nucleosomes, post-translational modifications of histones, chemical modifications of DNA itself and higher organization of three-dimensional chromatin domains.
