On the topology of chromatin fibres

Interface Focus

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 546-554

  Barbi, Maria ^a   Mozziconacci, Julien ^a   Victor, Jean Marc ^a   Wong, Hua ^b   Lavelle, Christophe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA; Topology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865348210     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0101     Document Type: Review

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