The structure of the nucleosome core particle of chromatin in chicken erythrocytes visualized by using atomic force microscopy

Cell Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 255-260

  Zhao, Hui ^a   Zhang, Yi ^b   Zhang, Shu Bing ^a   Jiang, Chu ^a   He, Qi Ye ^a   Li, Min Qian ^b   Qian, Ruo Lan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Chicken erythrocytes; Nucleosome core particle

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHICKEN; CHROMATIN; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETICS; NUCLEOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMATIN; DNA; ERYTHROCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NUCLEOSOMES;

EID: 0033251221     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7290024     Document Type: Article

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