How does chromatin pack into DNA?

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Meave60
Nov 15, 2014

Chromatin contains DNA, proteins called histones, and some RNA. The histones have a disc-like shape and the DNA wraps around the histones, forming nucleosomes, which have a bead-like appearance.

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