Analytical ultracentrifugation and the characterization of chromatin structure

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 141-153

  Ausió, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifuge; Chromatin; Histones; Nucleosome; Sedimentation equilibrium; Sedimentation velocity

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

CENTRIFUGE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SEDIMENTATION RATE; THEORY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA; HISTONES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0034734277     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(00)00144-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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