Letter C

Chromatin

The nucleoprotein material of chromosomes.

Chromatin is essentially the substance of chromosomes.

It is made up of DNA attached to a protein structure, together with chromosomal RNA.

Chromatin exists in two states, euchromatin and heterochromatin, with different staining and functional properties

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