Minor groove binding ligands alter the rotational positioning of DNA fragments on nucleosome core particles

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 671-685

  Brown, Philip M ^a   Fox, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distamycin; DNA rotational positioning; Hoechst 33258; Minor groove binding ligands; Nucleosome core particles

Indexed keywords

4 [5 (4 METHYL 1 PIPERAZINYL)[2,5' BI 1H BENZIMIDAZOL] 2' YL]PHENOL; CONGOCIDINE; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; DISTAMYCIN A; DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030580078     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0544     Document Type: Article

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