Dinucleosomes show compaction by ionic strength, consistent with bending of linker DNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 281, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 401-407

  Butler, P Jonathan G ^a   Thomas, Jean O ^b  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Biochemistry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Dinucleosomes; DNA bending; Linker DNA; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DIMER;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; ERYTHROCYTE; IONIC STRENGTH; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0032555763     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1954     Document Type: Article

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