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Researchers have long puzzled over exactly how DNA is spooled within nucleosomes and arranged inside the nucleus so that some genes are more easily activated. A recent study in Nature shows that the way genes are organized and controlled is embedded directly within the nucleosomes themselves.

Structural insights into how Cas9 targets nucleosomes

Researchers explain the organization of DNA in chromosomes from repetitive interactions between nucleosomes