An improved method to distinguish micrococcal nuclease sensitivity of chromatin

Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-64

  Hamid, Q Anwar ^a   Thanumalayan, Subramonian ^a   Parnaik, Veena K ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Active chromatin; Lamin A; Micrococcal nuclease; Nuclear lamina

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; LAMIN A; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030588120     PISSN: 0165022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-022X(96)00014-0     Document Type: Article

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