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Nature Cell Biology 8, 9–10 (1 January 2006) | doi:10.1038/ncb0106-9

Chromatin and DNA repair: the benefits of relaxation

Michael Downey & Daniel Durocher

Chromatin is a dynamic structure that can adopt markedly different conformations. For example, interphase and mitotic chromatin display contrasting degrees of compaction.