Modelling chromatin structure and dynamics: Status and prospects

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-159

  Korolev, Nikolay ^a   Fan, Yanping ^a   Lyubartsev, Alexander P ^b   Nordenskiöld, Lars ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MAGNESIUM ION; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEOSOME; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEOSOMES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESSES;

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EID: 84861782030     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2012.01.006     Document Type: Review

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