Micrococcal nuclease (MNase) is able to produce double-strand breaks within nucleosome linker regions. The efficiency of MNase digestion depends on the degree of chromatin compaction, being more easily digested the regions of less compacted chromatin. The MNase protocol described here can be used to asses changes in the chromatin structure of nuclei extracted from Arabidopsis seedlings.
Armengot, L. and Moreno-Romero, J. (2013). Micrococcal Nuclease (MNase) Assay of Arabidopsis thaliana Nuclei. Bio-protocol 3(7): e455. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.455.