Quantitative comparison of DNA looping in vitro and in vivo: Chromatin increases effective DNA flexibility at short distances

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 6630-6641

  Ringrose, Leonie ^a,b   Chabanis, Sophie ^a,c   Angrand, Pierre Olivier ^a,d   Woodroofe, Catherine ^a   Stewart, A Francis ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA looping; FLP recombination; Persistence length

Indexed keywords

DNA; RECOMBINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033485539     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.23.6630     Document Type: Article

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