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Association of Arginine-rich Histones with G·C-rich Regions of DNA in Chromatin

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Selective methods for removing all but arginine-rich histones from calf thymus chromatin reveal that they are bound to DNA regions very rich in G·C base pairs.

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CLARK, R., FELSENFELD, G. Association of Arginine-rich Histones with G·C-rich Regions of DNA in Chromatin. Nature New Biology 240, 226–229 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio240226a0

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