Rill R L, Nelson D A, Oosterhof D K, Hozier J C
Nucleic Acids Res. 1977 Apr;4(4):771-89. doi: 10.1093/nar/4.4.771.
DNA lengths in the structural repeat units of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) and chicken erythrocyte chromatin were compared by analyzing the sizes of DNA fragments produced after treatment of nuclei with staphylococcal nuclease. The repeat length of CHO chromatin (173 +- 4 BP) is about 20 base pairs (BP) smaller than that of chicken erythrocyte chromatin (194 +- 8 BP). Repeat lengths of rat liver and calf thymus chromatin were found to be about 10 BP shorter than that of chicken erythrocyte chromatin. Thus significant variations occur in repeat units of chromatin of higher eukaryotes. These variations occur in the lengths of "spacer" (or "internucleosomal") DNA segments, not in "core particle" (or "nucleosomal") DNA lengths. The concept of spacer regions and the possible influence of H1 histones is discussed.
通过分析用葡萄球菌核酸酶处理细胞核后产生的DNA片段大小,比较了中国仓鼠卵巢(CHO)和鸡红细胞染色质结构重复单元中的DNA长度。CHO染色质的重复长度(173±4碱基对)比鸡红细胞染色质的重复长度(194±8碱基对)小约20个碱基对(BP)。发现大鼠肝脏和小牛胸腺染色质的重复长度比鸡红细胞染色质的重复长度短约10 BP。因此,高等真核生物染色质的重复单元存在显著差异。这些差异发生在“间隔”(或“核小体间”)DNA片段的长度上,而不是“核心颗粒”(或“核小体”)DNA的长度上。文中讨论了间隔区的概念以及H1组蛋白可能产生的影响。