DNA relaxation dynamics as a probe for the intracellular environment

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 9250-9255

  Fisher, J K ^a   Ballenger, M ^b   O'Brien, E T ^b   Haase, J ^c   Superfine, R ^b   Bloom, K ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intranuclear viscosity; Stem and flower

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA RELAXATION DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; ENTROPY; FORCE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION; VISCOSITY; YEAST;

CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA, FUNGAL; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCETALES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 67249108373     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812723106     Document Type: Article

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