The repeating structural units of chromatin, each consisting of approximately 200 base pairs of DNA wound around a protein core. This core is composed of the histones H2A, H2B, H3, and H4.
    

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Nucleosome and nucleotype : a terminological criticism / Emilio Battaglia.

Chromatin / edited by Paul M. Wassarman, Alan P. Wolffe.

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Nucleosome and nucleotype : a terminological criticism / Emilio Battaglia.

Chromatin / edited by Paul M. Wassarman, Alan P. Wolffe.