Intercalation and buckling instability of DNA linker within locked chromatin fiber

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 4-

  Victor, Jean Marc ^a   Ben Haïm, Eli ^a   Lesne, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; CHROMOSOMES; COLLOIDS; CONDENSATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS;

CHROMATINS; HISTONES; LINKERS; NUCLEOSOMES;

DNA;

ARTICLE;

EID: 35148834614     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.060901     Document Type: Article

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