Non-specific (entropic) forces as major determinants of the structure of mammalian chromosomes

Chromosome Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-61

  Finan, Kieran ^a   Cook, Peter R ^a   Marenduzzo, Davide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chromosomal shape; chromosome territory; depletion attraction; entropy; Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CENTRIFUGE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; ENTROPY; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; HUMAN GENOME; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 79952280910     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-010-9150-y     Document Type: Article

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