Chromatin fiber

Created By:
Bednar,J.
Woodcock,C.

About the Image

Micrograph of chromatin fiber composed of nucleosomes and linker DNA imaged in the frozen hydrated state. Unfixed, unstained preparations such as these reveal the native 3D zig-zag conformation of chromatin.

Steven D. Brewer -- sbrewer@bio.umass.edu
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST