chromatin
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Chromatin condensates are made of hundreds of thousands of fast-moving molecules.
From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2025
Chromatin not only ensures that all the DNA fits into the cell, it also determines which parts of the genetic material can be read by the cell.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023
Chromatin extrusion explains key features of loop and domain formation in wild-type and engineered genomes.
From Nature • Sep. 26, 2017
Chromatin does much more than just keep DNA neat and tidy.
From Nature • Sep. 4, 2017
Chromatin, a material found in the nucleus of cells, so called because it absorbs stains with avidity: germplasm and, viii, xiv; relation of, to specific character of cells, 36, 37.
From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar
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