- Chromatosome
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A chromatosome is essentially a nucleosome with one bound linker histone. See: nucleosome and chromatin.
Details
A chromatosome consists of a histone octamer, one molecule of linker histone, for example, Histone H1 and 166bp of DNA. The linker histone is a binding agent, acting like a finger holding down the DNA preventing its release.
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