High resolution microanalysis and three-dimensional nucleosome structure associated with transcribing chromatin

Micron

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 419-431

  Czarnota, Gregory J ^a   Bazett Jones, David P ^b   Mendez, Elizabeth ^c,d   Allfrey, Vincent G ^c   Ottensmeyer, F Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Electron microscopy; Electron spectroscopic imaging; Gene expression; Microanalysis; Nucleosomes; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; NUCLEOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHROMATIN; DNA; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

BIVALVIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031414383     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(97)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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