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Advances in chromatin research

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Recent results in chromatin research are reviewed. The nucleosomal arrangement is described and the roles of DNA, histones and non-histones are discussed in connection with their functions.

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I thank Dr. H.-W. Zentgraf, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heildelburg, for the electron microcscopic picture (Fig. 1).

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Sonnenbichler, J. Advances in chromatin research. Naturwissenschaften 66, 244–250 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00571604

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