In vitro chromatin self-association and its relevance to genome architecture

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 411-417

  Lu, Xu ^a   Klonoski, Joshua M ^a   Resch, Michael G ^a   Hansen, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin self association; Chromatin tertiary structure; Histone; Nucleosome; Oligomerization; Physiological relevance

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES; OLIGOMERS;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN SELF-ASSOCIATION; CHROMATIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTIC NUCLEUS; HISTONE; OLIGOMERIZATION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEOSOME; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; CATIONS; CHICKENS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33750690705     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O06-068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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