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A snapshot of a dynamic nuclear building block

How does DNA in chromatin become accessible? The recent report of a nucleosome core particle structure offers insights into the dynamic interactions between chromatin and regulatory protein complexes.

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Kingston, R. A snapshot of a dynamic nuclear building block. Nat Struct Mol Biol 4, 763–766 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb1097-763

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