Application of atomic force microscopy to visualization of DNA, chromatin, and chromosomes

Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-240

  Fritzsche, Wolfgang ^a   Takac, Lili ^b   Henderson, Eric ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Chromosomes; DNA; Nucleosomes; Scanning force microscopy

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHICKEN; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FRICTION; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031425683     PISSN: 10454403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevEukarGeneExpr.v7.i3.30     Document Type: Review

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