Colocalization of Coregulated Genes: A Steered Molecular Dynamics Study of Human Chromosome 19

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Di Stefano, Marco ^a   Rosa, Angelo ^a   Belcastro, Vincenzo ^b   di Bernardo, Diego ^c,d   Micheletti, Cristian ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S A   (Switzerland)

^c TELETHON INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND MEDICINE TIGEM   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

CO-REGULATED GENES; CO-REGULATION; COLOCALIZATION; DYNAMIC STUDIES; GENE ACTIVITIES; HUMAN CHROMOSOME 19; NUCLEAR GENES; NUCLEAR ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL PROXIMITY; STEERED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

GENES;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE LOCATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC DISTANCE; INTERPHASE; KARYOTYPE; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION;

EID: 84875996370     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003019     Document Type: Article

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