Evidence for a sequence-directed conformation periodicity in the genomic highly repetitive DNA detectable with single-strand-specific chemical probe potassium permanganate

Chromosome Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 340-349

  Matyášek, Roman ^a   Fulneček, Jaroslav ^b   Fajkus, Jiří ^a   Bezděk, Milan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chromosome structure; DNA conformation; Nucleosomes; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; DISTAMYCIN A; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONSTITUTIVE HETEROCHROMATIN; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

BRASSICA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0029743182     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02257269     Document Type: Article

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