Chromatin fiber structure: Morphology, molecular determinants, structural transitions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2554-2566

  Zlatanova, Jordanka ^a,b   Leuba, Sanford H ^a,c   Van Holde, Kensal ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0031968760     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77963-9     Document Type: Article

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