Chromatin Organization (VIDEO)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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The nucleus of a neuron looks dramatically different before (left) and after (right) the cell begins to assume its final adult role. As the cell matures, DNA is repackaged within the nucleus to turn on a new set of genes. These changes are reflected in the different patterns of grey mottling and colored fluorescence inside the two cells.

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D. Hoffman et al./Science 2020

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