Linker histone-dependent DNA structure in linear mononucleosomes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-42

  Hamiche, Ali ^a,e   Schultz, Patrick ^b   Ramakrishnan, V ^c,d   Oudet, Pierre ^b   Prunell, Ariel ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Institut d'Exploration Fonctionnelle des Génomes   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin superstructure; DNA wrapping; Electron microscopy; Nucleosome fractionation; Nucleosome position

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; HISTONE H5;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029994947     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0144     Document Type: Article

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