Fractal Analysis of Chromatin during Apoptosis

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.