Eukaryotic genome organization in general means how your cells are capable to pack an extremely high amount of information into a small nucleus.
DNA — Deoxyribonucleic acid
- Function: Information storage of all the proteins and genes.
- Composition: purine and pyrimidine nucleotides (Pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis, Purin nucleotide synthesis).
- Nucleotides in DNA:
- Adenine – dATP
- Thymine – dTTP
- Guanine – dGTP
- Cytosine – dCTP