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The crystal structure of the nucleosome core particle has been solved to 7 Å resolution. The right-handed B-DNA superhelix on the outside contains several sharp bends and makes numerous interactions with the histone octamer within. The central turn of superhelix and H3 · H4 tetramer have dyad symmetry, but the H2A · H2B dimers show departures due to interparticle associations.
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Richmond, T., Finch, J., Rushton, B. et al. Structure of the nucleosome core particle at 7 Å resolution. Nature 311, 532–537 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/311532a0
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