Chromatin fibers, one-at-a-time

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 331, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-19

  Zlatanova, Jordanka ^a   Leuba, Sanford H ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin fiber assembly; Chromatin fibers; Force spectroscopy; Nucleosome unraveling; Single molecule approaches

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONIC STRENGTH; MACROMOLECULE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037823505     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00691-0     Document Type: Review

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