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| DNA combined with histone proteins. |
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| Unfolded, being utilized. |
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| Highly folded, not being utilized. |
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| Packaging of DNA - Stage 1 |
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| Negatively charged DNA wraps around positively charged histone forming core particle known as "10nm fiber" or "beads on a string". |
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| Core Particle + linker DNA. |
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| Packaging of DNA - Stage 2 |
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| "10nm fiber" coils and forms "30nm fiber". Loops are called solenoids. |
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| Packaging of DNA - Stage 3 |
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| "30nm fiber" attaches to scaffold protein forming a series of looped domains. |
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| Packaging of DNA - Stage 4 |
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| "300nm fiber" supercoils to form chromosomes. |
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