Effects of histone acetylation on chromatin structure

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 466-475

  Gavazzo, Paola ^a   Vergani, Laura ^a   Mascetti, Gian Carlo ^a   Nicolini, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

chromatin structure; circular dichroism; differential scanning calorimetry; ethidium bromide intercalation; histone acetylation

Indexed keywords

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; HISTONE;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHO CELL; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENATURATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY; CHO CELLS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRICETINAE; HISTONES; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031019243     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19970301)64:3<466::AID-JCB13>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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