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The Nucleus and Ribosomes

DNA is highly organized

DNA is highly organized

This image shows various levels of the organization of chromatin (DNA and protein). Along the chromatin threads, unwound protein-chromosome complexes, we find DNA wrapped around a set of histone proteins.

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