Physical nuclear organization: Loops and entropy

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 332-337

  Heermann, Dieter W ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENTROPY; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES; ENTROPY; GENOME; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEOSOMES;

EID: 79957818768     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2011.03.010     Document Type: Review

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