Controlled DNA compaction within chromatin: The tail-bridging effect

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 135-141

  Muhlbacher F ^a   Holm, C ^a,b   Schiessel, H ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 30544442681     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10351-4     Document Type: Article

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