Chromosome conformation by crosslinking polymer physics matters

Nucleus

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-39

  Langowski, Jörg ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin folding; Chromosome conformation capture; Deep sequencing; Fractal globule; Polymer chain models

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME; CROSS LINKING; GENE INTERACTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFORMATION; PHYSICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; YEAST;

EID: 77955739123     PISSN: 19491034     EISSN: 19491042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/nucl.1.1.10837     Document Type: Article

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