A model of the large-scale organization of chromatin

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 508-512

  Barbieri, Mariano ^a   Chotalia, Mita ^b   Fraser, James ^c   Lavitas, Liron Mark ^b   Dostie, Josée ^c   Pombo, Ana ^a   Nicodemi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromatin organization; Chromosome capture; Polymer physics; Self organization; Strings and binders switch model; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING MOTIF; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRINGS AND BINDERS SWITCH MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84875398193     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20120238     Document Type: Review

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