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Preferentially quantized linker DNA lengths in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.


ABSTRACT: The exact lengths of linker DNAs connecting adjacent nucleosomes specify the intrinsic three-dimensional structures of eukaryotic chromatin fibers. Some studies suggest that linker DNA lengths preferentially occur at certain quantized values, differing one from another by integral multiples of the DNA helical repeat, approximately 10 bp; however, studies in the literature are inconsistent. Here, we investigate linker DNA length distributions in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome, using two novel methods: a Fourier analysis of genomic dinucleotide periodicities adjacent to experimentally mapped nucleosomes and a duration hidden Markov model applied to experimentally defined dinucleosomes. Both methods reveal that linker DNA lengths in yeast are preferentially periodic at the DNA helical repeat ( approximately 10 bp), obeying the forms 10n+5 bp (integer n). This 10 bp periodicity implies an ordered superhelical intrinsic structure for the average chromatin fiber in yeast.

SUBMITTER: Wang JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2522279 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Preferentially quantized linker DNA lengths in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Wang Ji-Ping JP   Fondufe-Mittendorf Yvonne Y   Xi Liqun L   Tsai Guei-Feng GF   Segal Eran E   Widom Jonathan J  

PLoS computational biology 20080912 9


The exact lengths of linker DNAs connecting adjacent nucleosomes specify the intrinsic three-dimensional structures of eukaryotic chromatin fibers. Some studies suggest that linker DNA lengths preferentially occur at certain quantized values, differing one from another by integral multiples of the DNA helical repeat, approximately 10 bp; however, studies in the literature are inconsistent. Here, we investigate linker DNA length distributions in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome, using tw  ...[more]

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