Nucleosomes

Japanese: nucleosome
Nucleosomes

...Examples include the F factor involved in bacterial conjugation and the R factor that confers drug resistance. Eukaryotic DNA is present in the nucleus, which is surrounded by a nuclear membrane, and is made up of a chain of nucleosome structures wrapped around basic proteins called histones (Figure 5). This structure is further folded in a complex manner to form so-called chromatin threads, but the mechanism of higher-level folding has not yet been fully elucidated. ...

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Japanese:

…細菌の接合に関係するF因子や薬剤耐性を与えるR因子がその例である。真核生物のDNAは,核膜に包まれた核に存在し,ヒストンという塩基性タンパク質の周りに巻きついたヌクレオソームnucleosome構造のつながりからできている(図5)。この構造はさらに複雑に折りたたまれて,いわゆる染色糸を形成するが,高次の折りたたまれ方はまだ十分に解明されてはいない。…

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