Identification and characterization of euchromatic regions associated with gene expression and intramuscular fat in Nelore cattle

In eukaryotes, DNA is organized along with histones in nucleoprotein complexes known as chromatin, which has nucleosomes as their fundamental unit. Chromatin Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/jas/article-abstract/96/suppl_3/233/5235047 by Macquarie University user on 13 February 2019 234 J. Anim. Sci Vol. 96, Suppl. S3 exists in two forms: euchromatin, corresponding to a lightly condensed structure and an easily transcribed region, and heterochromatin, a highly condensed and transcriptionally silent region. Made available in DSpace on 2019-12-17T18:07:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 IdentificationCharacterizationEuchromatic.pdf: 137173 bytes, checksum: bd499862036962f64fc67a0488ce9e29 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2019