A physical model for the condensation and decondensation of eukaryotic chromosomes

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 368-372

  Mozziconacci, Julien ^a   Lavelle, Christophe ^b   Barbi, Maria ^c   Lesne, Annick ^c   Victor, Jean Marc ^c  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin fiber; Chromosome; DNA; Nucleosome; Quantitative biology; Topology

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; MITOSIS; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES; DNA PACKAGING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 30644479149     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.12.053     Document Type: Article

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