KEY TERMS

chromatin

histone

nucleosome

cross-linking

histone octamer

core histone

histone-fold motif

histone tail

linker histone

30 nm filament

solenoid model

zigzag model

chromosomal scaffold

nucleoid

chromatin remodeling complex

histone modifying enzyme

epigenetic inheritance

ChIP-Seq

ChIP-Chip

histone chaperone

histone acetyltransferase (HAT)

bromodomain

chromodomain

histone code