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. 2012 Dec 18;22(24):R1040-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.052.

Chromatin: packaging without nucleosomes

Paul B Talbert  1 , Steven Henikoff
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Chromatin: packaging without nucleosomes

Paul B Talbert et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Dinoflagellates are unique among eukaryotes in their unusual 'dinokaryons' - nuclei that lack bulk histones. A new study finds that acquisition of a novel dinoflagellate chromatin protein was an early step in the transition to a nucleus lacking detectable nucleosomes.

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