New evidence has supported a growing consensus that the chromatin of mitotic chromosomes is organized into loop domains through interactions with non-histone proteins. The most abundant non-histone protein, DNA topoisomerase II, is required for chromosome condensation. In contrast, several other putative structural components in the chromosome scaffold fraction have been shown not to be chromosomal after all.
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