Partial denaturation of small chromatin fragments: Direct evidence for the radial distribution of nucleosomes in folded chromatin fibers

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1707-1715

  Bermúdez, Antonio ^a   Bartolomé, Salvador ^a   Daban, Joan Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromatin fiber; Chromatin folding; Nucleosome

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHROMATIN; DENATURATION; ERYTHROCYTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMATIN; ERYTHROCYTES; ETHIDIUM; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0040640318     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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