Nucleosomes and the chromatin fiber

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 124-129

  Hayes, Jeffrey J ^a   Hansen, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TETRAHYMENA;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA; HISTONES; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0035313769     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(00)00168-4     Document Type: Review

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