Structural plasticity of single chromatin fibers revealed by torsional manipulation

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 444-450

  Bancaud, Aurélien ^a   Conde E Silva, Natalia ^b   Barbi, Maria ^c   Wagner, Gaudeline ^a   Allemand, Jean François ^d   Mozziconacci, Julien ^c   Lavelle, Christophe ^b,c   Croquette, Vincent ^d   Victor, Jean Marc ^c   Prunell, Ariel ^b   Viovy, Jean Louis ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOSOME; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; TORSION;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CHROMATIN; DNA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 33745059535     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1087     Document Type: Article

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