Becker's World of the Cell (9th Edition)
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Author: Jeff Hardin, Gregory Paul Bertoni
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 16, Problem 16.6PS
Nucleosomes. You perform an experiment in which chromatin is isolated from sea urchin sperm cells and briefly digested with micrococcal nuclease. When the chromatin proteins are removed and the resulting purified DNA is analyzed by gel electrophoresis, you observe a series of DNA fragments that are multiples of 260 base pairs in length (that is, 260 bp, 520 bp, 780 bp, and so forth).
- (a) Although these results differ somewhat from the typical results discussed in the chapter, explain why they still point to the likely existence of nucleosomes in this cell type.
- (b) What can you conclude about the amount of DNA that is associated with each nucleosome?
- (c) Suppose you perform an experiment in which the chromatin is digested for a much longer period of time with micrococcal nuclease before removal of chromatin proteins. When the resulting DNA preparation is analyzed by electrophoresis, all of the DNA appears as fragments 146 bp in length. What does this suggest to you about the length of the linker DNA in this cell type?
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