Adaptive elastic properties of chromatin fiber

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 314, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 592-599

  Ben Haïm, Eli ^a   Lesne, Annick ^a   Victor, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Transcription; Tunable elasticity

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; ELASTICITY; PROTEINS;

CHROMATIN FIBERS;

DNA;

EID: 0036944867     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01073-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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