Liquid crystalline ordering of nucleosome core particles under macromolecular crowding conditions: Evidence for a discotic columnar hexagonal phase

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1771-1776

  Leforestier, A ^a   Livolant, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FREEZE FRACTURE; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PHYSICAL PHASE; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0030866748     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78207-9     Document Type: Article

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