Eukaryotic Chromosomes: Nucleosomes and the 10-nm Fiber
Explore the structure of nucleosomes and the 10-nm fiber in relation to a compacted chromosome in this infographic.
Topics
- 10 nanometers
- 10 nm
- 10-nm fiber
- 20 bp
- 147 bp
- base pairs
- beads on a string
- bp
- chromatin
- chromosome compaction
- chromosome
- compact
- compaction
- core histones
- dimers
- DNA
- electron microscope
- eukaryotic chromosome
- genetic information
- H1
- H2A
- H2A-H2B dimers
- H2B
- H3
- H3-H4 heterotetramer
- H3-H4 tetramer
- H4
- histone
- histone-DNA complex
- histone octamer
- level of chromosome packing
- linker DNA
- linker histone
- negatively charged
- nuclei
- nucleus
- nucleosome
- packaging
- packaged
- positively charged
- proteins
- phosphate group
- sugar-phosphate backbone