A method for the in vitro reconstitution of a defined "30 nm" chromatin fibre containing stoichiometric amounts of the linker histone

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 345, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 957-968

  Huynh, Van A T ^a   Robinson, Philip J J ^a   Rhodes, Daniela ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

30 nm fibre; chromatin reconstitution; electron microscopy; linker histone; nucleosome array

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE H5; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA BINDING; DNA PACKAGING; DNA SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN FOLDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 11844299709     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.10.075     Document Type: Article

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