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The structure of chromatin is strictly related to its function. During the apoptosis, induced by APO-1/FAS treatment, it is possible to evidentiate, by electron microscopy, different organisation steps of the chromatin ultrastructure. By using fractal and multifractal analysis it is possible to identify a progressive change of chromatin arrangement, evidentiated by a marked difference of f(a) function during the different steps of apoptosis.
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Santoro, R. et al. (2002). Fractal Analysis of Chromatin during Apoptosis. In: Losa, G.A., Merlini, D., Nonnenmacher, T.F., Weibel, E.R. (eds) Fractals in Biology and Medicine. Mathematics and Biosciences in Interaction. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8119-7_8
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