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Chromatin
Linked via "Constitutive heterochromatin"
Euchromatin: Less condensed, transcriptionally active regions. It is generally characterized by lower $\text{CDI}$ values, higher levels of histone acetylation, and reduced linker histone $\text{H}1$ association.
Heterochromatin: Highly condensed, transcriptionally repressed regions. This state is maintained by complex recruitment machinery involving sequence-specific DNA binding proteins that sequester factors necessary for [tran…