Effects of spermine and its cytotoxic analogs on nucleosome formation on topologically stressed DNA in vitro

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 247-258

  Basu, Hirak S ^a   Smirnov, Ivan V ^a   Peng, Hongfan ^b   Tiffany, Karen ^b   Jackson, Vaughn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA packaging; Histone; Nucleosome; Polyamine analog; Supercoiling

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; HISTONE; POLYAMINE; SPERMINE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; DNA STRUCTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 0031030715     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.0247a.x     Document Type: Article

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