Chromatin under mechanical stress: From single 30 nm fibers to single nucleosomes

FEBS Journal

Volumn 278, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2231-2243

  Bednar, Jan ^a,b,c   Dimitrov, Stefan ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUT ALBERT BONNIOT   (France)

Author keywords

chromatin; micro manipulation; nucleosome; optical tweezers

Indexed keywords

EGG PROTEIN; NAKED DNA;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROMANIPULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; HUMANS; NUCLEOSOMES;

EID: 79959310470     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08153.x     Document Type: Review

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