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Presence of nucleosomes inPenicillium chrysogenum

Sergi FerrerJosé E. Pérez-ortínDaniel Ramón

subject

GeneticsBase pairGeneral MedicineFungusFungi imperfectiBiologybiology.organism_classificationPenicillium chrysogenumApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyMicrobiologyChromatinFilamentous funguschemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryBiochemistryNucleosomeDNA

description

We have studied the chromatin structure ofPenicillium chrysogenum. This fungus presents the typical nucleosomal repeat and the core DNA size characteristic of all the eukaryotes. The repeat length (about 180 base pairs) is in the range of those obtained for most fungi (160–180 base pairs) and shorter than in higher eukaryotes. Knowledge aboutP. chrysogenum chromatin structure opens the way to the study of the mechanisms of genetic regulation in this filamentous fungus.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01577264