이 논문에서는 다음의 내용을 다루었다. 1. "inactive" and "active" chromatin 2. yeast as a model system to study chromatin structure 3. transcriptionally altered allele of the HSP82 gene 4. the effect of transcription on chromatin structure 5. nucleosome structure in the DNase I sensitive chromatin 6. mechanism for transcription-induced alterations in chromatin 7. the effect of positive DNA supercoiling on chromatin structure 8. biological implications of positive supercoiling for transcriptionng for transcription