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UNIT 4, CHPT 13
CHAPTER 13.3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| what is a nucleoid? | non-membrane enclosed region in a prokaryotic cell where its chromosomes are located |
| what are chromatin? | eukaryotic chromatin that remains highly compacted during interphase and is generally not transcribed |
| what is euchromatin? | the less condensed form of eukaryotic chromatin that is available for transcription |
| what are histones? | proteins responsible for 1st level of DNA packing in chromatin |
| what is a nucleosome? | consists of DNA wound twice around a protein core of 8 histones, 2 of each being the main histone types |