Structure and dynamics of interphase chromosomes

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Rosa, Angelo ^a,b   Everaers, Ralf ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CHAINS; DNA SEQUENCES; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TOPOLOGY;

BUDDING YEASTS; DROSOPHILLA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EXISTENCE AND STABILITY; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KINETIC EFFECT; MEDIATED INTERACTION; SHAPE DISTANCES; SPATIAL DISTANCE; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS;

CHROMOSOMES;

ARTICLE; BUDDING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; YEAST; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERPHASE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

POLYMER;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA; HUMANS; INTERPHASE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MATRIX; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERS; SACCHAROMYCETALES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 50949125193     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000153     Document Type: Article

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