Trinucleosome compaction studied by fluorescence energy transfer and scanning force microscopy

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 36, 2006, Pages 10838-10846

  Bussiek, Malte ^a   Tóth, Katalin ^a   Schwarz, Nathalie ^a   Langowski, Jörg ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; DNA; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER (FRET); NUCLEOSOMES; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY (SFM);

CELLS;

DNA; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H4; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; TRINUCLEOSOME; TRINUCLEOSOME COMPACTION;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; DNA; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HISTONES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NUCLEOSOMES; SALTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; XENOPUS;

EID: 33748483266     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi060807p     Document Type: Article

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