Chromosome Crossroads (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Chromosome Crossroads

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This is a human chromosome, with conventional nucleosomes containing the major form of the histones (green), and localization of the centromere histone H3 variant, CENP-A (red).

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Ben E. Black, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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