Pulling chromatin fibers: Computer simulations of direct physical micromanipulations

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-40

  Katritch, Vsevolod ^a   Bustamante, Carlos ^b   Olson, Wilma K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin fiber; Monte Carlo simulations; Single fiber stretching

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034614436     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3021     Document Type: Article

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