Closed chromatin loops at the ends of chromosomes

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-165

  Nikitina, Tatiana ^a   Woodcock, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Electron microscopy; Telomere; TRF1

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHICKEN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; EUKARYOTE; INTERPHASE; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHICKENS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES; ERYTHROCYTES; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 3342974395     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200403118     Document Type: Article

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