Sandro Baldi, Philipp Korber and Peter Becker: Review article on nucleosomal arrays and chromatin folding
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (2020) 27: 109-118
29.02.2020
Beads on a string – nucleosome array arrangements and folding of the chromatin fiber
Sandro Baldi, Philipp Korber and Peter Becker
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (2020) 27: 109-118. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-019-0368-x
Abstract cited directly from the review:
Understanding how the genome is structurally organized as chromatin is essential for understanding its function. Here, we review recent developments that allowed the readdressing of old questions regarding the primary level of chromatin structure, the arrangement of nucleosomes along the DNA and the folding of the nucleosome fiber in nuclear space. In contrast to earlier views of nucleosome arrays as uniformly regular and folded, recent findings reveal heterogeneous array organization and diverse modes of folding. Local structure variations reflect a continuum of functional states characterized by differences in post-translational histone modifications, associated chromatin-interacting proteins and nucleosome-remodeling enzymes.