| Histones are small basic proteins encoded by a multigene family and are responsible for the nucleosomal organization of chromatin in eukaryotes. |
| Slides containing F 2 worms were screened for the presence of worms with diakinesis nuclei exhibiting more than six chromatin masses. |
| A feature of chromatin diminution in the crustacean genus Cyclops is that the somatic and germline chromosome number remains the same. |
| The presence of the histones and CpG methylation most affect accessibility of the chromatin to RNA polymerases and transcription factors. |
| On a molecular level, silenced chromatin consists of specialized heterochromatin proteins and of nucleosomes carrying deacetylated histones. |
| The packaging of DNA with histones into nucleosomes and higher-order chromatin structures has profound effects on transcription initiation. |
