The structure of DNA in the nucleosome core

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6936, 2003, Pages 145-150

  Richmond, Timothy J ^a   Davey, Curt A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PROTEINS;

NUCLEOSOME CORE PARTICLES;

DNA;

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; HISTONE;

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA HELIX; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; HISTONES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES;

EID: 0037992395     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01595     Document Type: Article

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