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Chromatin and DNA replication.
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology - 1 Aug 2013
MacAlpine David M, Almouzni Geneviève
Abstract excerpt
The size of a eukaryotic genome presents a unique challenge to the cell: package and organize the DNA to fit within the confines of the nucleus while at the same time ensuring sufficient dynamics to allow access to specific sequences and features such as genes and regulatory elements. This is achieved via the dynamic nucleoprotein organization of eukaryotic DNA into chromatin. The basic unit of chromatin, the...
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