Topological constraints on the possible structures of the 30 nm chromatin fibre

Chromosoma

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-76

  Staynov, D Z ^a   Proykova, Y G ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PROMOTER REGION;

CHROMATIN; DNA; HISTONES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES; THERMODYNAMICS;

MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 38349091417     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-007-0127-3     Document Type: Article

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