The influence of the cylindrical shape of the nucleosomes and H1 defects on properties of chromatin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4165-4172

  Diesinger, Philipp M ^a   Heermann, Dieter W ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; MACROMOLECULE; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN BINDING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTONES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 44849119490     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113902     Document Type: Article

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