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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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