How two meters of DNA fit into a cell nucleus: Polymer models with topological constraints and experimental data

Polymer Science - Series C

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Grosberg, A Yu ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FRACTAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER MODELS; POLYMER PHYSICS; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; TOPOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS;

CHEMISTRY; POLYMERS;

CHROMOSOMES;

EID: 84866013916     PISSN: 18112382     EISSN: 1555614X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1811238212070028     Document Type: Article

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