Nucleosome positioning rules: Soft and hard disagreements. Reply to comments on "Cracking the chromatin code: Precise rule of nucleosome positioning" by Edward N. Trifonov

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-72

  Trifonov, Edward N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amphipathic alpha helix; Curved DNA; Deformation of YR dinucleotide steps; DNA bendability; Higher order structure of chromatin; Nucleosome sequence pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952193360     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2011.02.005     Document Type: Note

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