Higher-order structure of chromatin and chromosomes

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 130-135

  Woodcock, Christopher L ^a   Dimitrov, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES; HISTONES; MITOSIS; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0035313770     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(00)00169-6     Document Type: Review

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