Polymer models of meiotic and mitotic chromosomes

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2217-2231

  Marko, John F ^a   Siggia, Eric D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ANTIBODY; BUFFER; DNA; POLYMER; PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; ENERGY; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 0030730114     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.8.11.2217     Document Type: Article

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