Histone H1 and chromatin higher-order structure

Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-230

  Ramakrishnan, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

30 nm filament; Chromatin structure; Histone H1; Histone H5

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H5;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW;

EID: 0031416394     PISSN: 10454403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevEukarGeneExpr.v7.i3.20     Document Type: Review

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