The diameter of chromatin fibres depends on linker length.
We have studied the diameter of chromatin fibres embedded in epoxy resins for three different materials: mouse thymus, chicken erythrocytes and sea cucumber spermatozoa. We confirm that the diameter of chromatin fibres increases with linker length, both values being influenced by the protein composition of chromatin.
Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
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D000818:Animals; D002021:Buffers; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002645:Chickens; D002843:Chromatin / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012616:Sea Cucumbers / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000032:analysis; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000648:ultrastructure
D002021:Buffers; D002843:Chromatin