Twist propagation in dinucleosome arrays

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3355-3364

  Dobrovolskaia, Irina V ^a   Kenward, Martin ^a   Arya, Gaurav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 78649295460     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.09.055     Document Type: Article

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