Chromatin Packing Flashcards
1
Q
What are the levels of packing from smallest to largest?
A
- Nucleosomes
- Fibers
- Looped Domains
- Heterochromatin
- Highly Condensed
2
Q
How long are fibers?
A
30-nm chromatin fibers
3
Q
What are looped domains?
A
attached to non-histone proteins
Folding of cf averaging 50-100 Kb
4
Q
What are heterochromatin?
A
further folding and packing, show up as dark spots in micrographs
5
Q
what are euchromatin?
A
loosely packed, diffuse
6
Q
highly condensed?
A
very highly condensed heterochromatin
