Chromatin packaging
Chromatin accessibility: definition
Chromatin accessibility describes how easily proteins can contact DNA within packaged chromatin.
Chromatin accessibility describes how easily proteins can contact DNA within packaged chromatin.
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Also known as: open chromatin, closed chromatin, accessible chromatin
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