Thermodynamics of nucleosomal core particles

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2594-2598

  Feng, Ji ^a   Chun Cheng, Zuo ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; DNA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ELECTRICAL INTERACTIONS; HISTONE; NUCLEOSOMAL CORE PARTICLES;

CELL CULTURE;

DNA; HISTONE;

ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ELECTRON; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MELTING POINT; MOTION; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

DNA; HISTONES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NUCLEOSOMES; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33947209400     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi061138i     Document Type: Article

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