Chromatin structure exhibits spatio-temporal heterogeneity within the cell nucleus

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2297-2303

  Banerjee, Bidisha ^a   Bhattacharya, Dipanjan ^b   Shivashankar, G V ^a,b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HISTONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; STEADY STATE;

EID: 33748456558     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.079525     Document Type: Article

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