Rapid spontaneous accessibility of nucleosomal DNA

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-53

  Li, Gu ^a   Levitus, Marcia ^a,b   Bustamante, Carlos ^b   Widom, Jonathan ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; LEXA PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TIME;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 11444262202     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb869     Document Type: Article

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