Twists and turns of the nucleosome: Tails without ends

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1255-1259

  Dutnall, Robert N ^a   Ramakrishnan, V ^a  

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

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EID: 0031572831     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00276-1     Document Type: Review

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