A comparison of the structure of chicken erythrocyte and chicken liver chromatin
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A comparison of the structure of chicken erythrocyte and chicken liver chromatin
Abstract
The structure of chicken erythrocyte and chicken liver chromatin has been studied by enzymatic digestion with micrococcal nuclease and DNAase I. Comparison of the fragments produced by brief digestion with micrococcal nuclease indicates that chicken erythrocyte chromatin has a longer nucleosome repeat than chicken liver chromatin, 212 base pairs as opposed to 200 base pairs (bp). More extensive digestion with micrococcal nuclease demonstrates that both tissues have 140 bp mucleosome cores. The difference in the length of the nucleosome repeat must therefore result from a difference in the length of the DNA linker between cores. Chicken erythrocyte chromatin is known to contain a tissue-specific, H1-like histone, H5, and to be genetically dormant. A model is presented to explain how changes in histone H1 could cause changes in the nucleosome repeat length and thereby alter the genetic activity of chromatin.
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