A statistical thermodynamic model applied to experimental AFM population and location data is able to quantify DNA-histone binding strength and internucleosomal interaction differences between acetylated and unacetylated nucleosomal arrays

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 3372-3387

  Sous, Francisco J ^a   Bash, R ^b   Yodh, J ^c   Lindsay, S M ^b   Lohr, D ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; DNA; HISTONE;

ACCURACY; ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; DNA TEMPLATE; ENERGY; NUCLEOSOME; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS; ALGORITHM; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACETYLATION; ALGORITHMS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; HISTONES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN BINDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 16644363134     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.034744     Document Type: Article

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