Chromosome (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

Rice University

Chromosome (2 of 2)

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Experiments at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine show how segments of chromatin with the same epigenetic marking patterns localize together in a process related to phase separation. Naked DNA is decorated by epigenetic markings that encode the three-dimensional arrangement of chromosomes. The genome architecture and marking patterns are characteristics of the cell type, in this case a nerve cell with its characteristic myelin sheath.

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Sigrid Knemeyer/Center for Theoretical Biological Physics at Rice University

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