A polymer model for the structural organization of chromatin loops and minibands in interphase chromosomes

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3031-3040

  Ostashevsky, Joseph ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; HUMAN; INTERPHASE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031791178     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.11.3031     Document Type: Article

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