DNA sequence encodes information for nucleosome array formation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 559-573

  Liu, Key ^a,b   Stein, Arnold ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA; Nucleosome; Sequence; Spacing

Indexed keywords

CONTIG; DNA; HISTONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CELL NUCLEUS; CHICKEN; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; DNA SEQUENCE; LIVER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031586220     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1136     Document Type: Article

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