Roger Kornberg, clip 1

Dr. Kornberg is a Professor of Structural Biology at Stanford University's school of medicine. He did pioneer work on chromatin structure, and is now working on gene regulation and control.

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Roger Kornberg, 1980s.

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A chromosome is a package for DNA.

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16629. Gallery 29: Roger Kornberg, 1970s

Roger Kornberg in his laboratory, 1970s.

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16628. Gallery 29: The Kornberg family, 1959

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Packing ratio of DNA.

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15887. DNA packaging

DNA is coiled around proteins and packaged as chromatin within the nucleus of cells. Aaron Klug and Roger Kornberg figured out the structure of chromatin. It has been proposed that the coiling (or rather uncoiling) of DNA is a way of controlling the pro

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16640. Video 29: Roger Kornberg, clip 2

Hierarchy of levels of chromatin condensation.

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16642. Video 29: Roger Kornberg, clip 4

Mechanism of condensation -- accordion vs. ball of yarn.

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16643. Video 29: Roger Kornberg, clip 5

Mechanism of regulation for prokaryotes vs. eukaryotes.

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16644. Biography 29: Roger Kornberg (1947 - )

In 1974, Roger Kornberg worked out the importance of histones to chromatin structure.

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