Chromatin in 1, 2 and 3 dimensions. Comment on "Cracking the chromatin code: Precise rule of nucleosome positioning" by E.N. Trifonov

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-58

  Bishop, Thomas C ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; NUCLEOSOME; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; GENOME; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79952195191     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2011.01.011     Document Type: Note

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