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. 2017 Oct 23;27(20):R1118-R1120.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.063.

Structural Biology: Probing the Origins of Chromatin

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Structural Biology: Probing the Origins of Chromatin

Steven Henikoff. Curr Biol. .
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A new study finds that archaeal histone dimers can multimerize into extended superhelical structures that mediate gene expression changes, providing possible insights into the transition to eukaryotic nucleosomes.

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