Modeling studies of chromatin fiber structure as a function of DNA linker length

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 403, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 777-802

  Perišić, Ognjen ^a   Collepardo Guevara, Rosana ^a   Schlick, Tamar ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Fiber condensation; Linker histone; Mesoscale modeling

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 77958480124     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.07.057     Document Type: Article

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