Organisation of nucleosomal arrays reconstituted with repetitive African green monkey α-satellite DNA as analysed by atomic force microscopy

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-93

  Bussiek, Malte ^a   Müller, Gabriele ^b   Waldeck, Waldemar ^b   Diekmann, Stephan ^c   Langowski, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

5s rDNA; Alpha satellite DNA; Atomic force microscopy; Centromere; Chromatin; Green monkey; Nucleosome arrays; Nucleosome positioning

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ASSAY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA, SATELLITE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES;

CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS;

EID: 36348960704     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-007-0166-y     Document Type: Article

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