Experimental techniques for study of chromatin mechanics in intact nuclei and living cells

Chromosome Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 499-510

  Verstraeten, Valerie L R M ^a,b,c   Lammerding, Jan ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Cellular strain; Chromatin; Fluorescence image microdeformation; Micropipette aspiration; Nuclear mechanics

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPLASMIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DNA REPLICATION; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MICROPIPETTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUCTION;

EID: 43149108865     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-008-1232-8     Document Type: Article

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