DNA binding within the nucleosome core

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-40

  Luger, Karolin ^a   Richmond, Timothy J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA; HISTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DROSOPHILA; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032006717     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(98)80007-9     Document Type: Article

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