DNA structure and organization within the cell

Long Description: The DNA double helix is wrapped with histone proteins and coiled tightly to produce the chromosome structures that are found in the nucleus of the cell.

DNA is packaged in the cell nucleus as chromosomes

Image compliments of National Human Genome Research Institute

DNA is tightly coiled into

chromosome structures

which are found in the nucleus

of all living cells in plants and

animals.

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