Nucleosome core is made up of [image:6_image58.wmf]and [image:6_image59.wmf]. It is about 7-10 nm in diameter, consisting of histones around which a DNA strand, about 120 base pair long is wrapped in chromosomes.
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Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.