Nucleosome dynamics. V. Ethidium bromide versus histone tails in modulating ethidium bromide-driven tetrasome chiral transition. A fluorescence study of tetrasomes on DNA minicircles

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-53

  Sivolob, Andrei ^a,b   Prunell, Ariel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

DNA overtwisting; Ethidium bromide binding isotherms; H3 DTNB oxidation; Histone tails; Tetrasomes on DNA minicircles

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; HISTONE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034614540     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3301     Document Type: Article

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