Single chromatin fiber stretching reveals physically distinct populations of disassembly events

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3572-3583

  Pope, L H ^a   Bennink, M L ^a   Van Leijenhorst Groener, K A ^a   Nikova, D ^a   Greve, J ^a   Marko, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DNA PACKAGING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY; EUKARYOTE; FORCE; GENETIC CODE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

EID: 17844364466     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.053074     Document Type: Article

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