Negative constrained DNA supercoiling in archaeal nucleosomes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 341-349

  Musgrave, David ^a   Forterre, Patrick ^a   Slesarev, Alexei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GLUTAMATE POTASSIUM; HISTONE; POLYPEPTIDE; POTASSIUM SALT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SUPERCOILING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ARCHAEA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GLUTAMATES; HISTONES; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PLASMIDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033980483     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01689.x     Document Type: Article

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