CH 5 Prokaryotic and eukaryotic chromosome structure 2010.ppt

* Elucidation Spatial tantalizing * Elucidated * The length of the DNA as an extended molecule would vastly exceed the dimensions尺寸of the compartment that contains it. The DNA must be compressed exceedingly tightly to fit into the space available. * Histones bind together with the DNA to form the basic structural subunit of chromatin, small ellipsoidal椭圆体的 beads called nucleosomes核小体 which are around 11nm in diameter and 6nm high . The nucleosome complexes give the DNA molecule a packaging ratio of 6. ellipsoidalellipsoidal [简明英汉词典] adj.椭圆体的 nucleosomesnucleosome [简明英汉词典] [5nju:kli