Chromatin conformation and salt-induced compaction: Three-dimensional structural information from cryoelectron microscopy

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 6 I, 1995, Pages 1365-1376

  Bednar, Jan ^a   Horowitz, Rachel A ^b   Dubochet, Jacques ^a   Woodcock, Christopher L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA CONFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMATIN; DNA; FREEZING; HISTONES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0029583420     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.131.6.1365     Document Type: Article

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