Mitotic chromosome structure

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 318, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1381-1385

  Heermann, Dieter W ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Entropy; Folding; Loop formation; Modeling; Nuclear ARCHITECTURE; Polymer

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; ENTROPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84861919932     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2012.03.027     Document Type: Review

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