different between chromatin vs bromodomain

English

Borrowed from German Chromatin, from (combining form of) Ancient Greek ????? (khrôma, “colour”) + -in.

chromatin (plural chromatins)

(biology) A complex of DNA, RNA and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division.

From the drosophila gene Brahma or brm, where it occurs as a structural motif, and domain. Not related to bromo- (“bromine”).

bromodomain (plural bromodomains)

(biology) A protein domain that recognises acetylated lysine residues such as those on the N-terminal tails of histones, often a prerequisite for protein-histone association and chromatin remodeling.

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