Each eukaryotic chromosome is composed of DNA coiled and condensed around nuclear proteins called histones. Humans inherit one set of chromosomes from their mother and a second set from their father.

Nuclear DNA does not appear in free linear strands; it is highly condensed and wrapped around histones in order to fit inside of the nucleus and take part in the formation of chromosomes.

Chromatin is a unique DNA and protein complex that makes up the chromosomes. Specific proteins (histones) wind up the DNA like small cable drums to package the long DNA. A cable drum (consisting ...

(A chromosome pair has identical banding ... The DNA is wrapped around histones -- protein structures that are sometimes depicted as discs. Histones carry a slight positive charge, and DNA ...

Chromatin is a unique DNA and protein complex that makes up the chromosomes. Specific proteins (histones) wind up the DNA like small cable drums to package the long DNA. A cable drum (consisting ...

Inactivation of one X chromosome occurs in XX female cells to bring about ... immunoprecipitated acetylated isoforms of the four core histones in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells and assayed DNA ...

Nucleosomes are re-assembled on the daughter chromosomes behind the replication fork from both parental nucleosomes and de novo from newly synthesized histones. Intriguingly, several replisome ...