Figure 12
From: Monte Carlo Simulations indicate that Chromati: Nanostructure is accessible by Light Microscopy
A similar plot as Fig. 11. It shows the interaction frequency found by chromatin simulations with and without histone depletion. The fiber length is fixed to 160 kbp in this case. The central gap comes from the local stiffness of the fibers: Chromatin parts without histone depletion which are very close to each other cannot bend towards one another due to the local stiffness of the fiber whereas parts of chromatin fibers with histone depletion can even interact when their genomic distance is small. This mechanism is very important for the genetic activity of the fiber.