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Physico-chemical experiments show that histones are not evenly distributed in chromatin. About half of the DNA is “open” and not covered with proteins.
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CLARK, R., FELSENFELD, G. Structure of Chromatin. Nature New Biology 229, 101–106 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio229101a0
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