Sequence-specific physical properties of African green monkey alpha-satellite DNA contribute to centromeric heterochromatin formation

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-46

  Bussiek, Malte ^a   Hoischen, Christian ^b   Diekmann, Stephan ^b   Bennink, Martin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha satellite DNA; Atomic force microscopy; Centromere; Chromatin; Optical tweezers

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HETEROCHROMATIN; NUCLEOSOME; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA, SATELLITE; HETEROCHROMATIN; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 67349115317     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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