Elucidating internucleosome interactions and the roles of histone tails

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 194-199

  Howell, Steven C ^a   Andresen, Kurt ^b   Jimenez Useche, Isabel ^c   Yuan, Chongli ^c   Qiu, Xiangyun ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN BINDING; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; STATIC ELECTRICITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; HISTONES; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; NUCLEOSOMES; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN BINDING; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84879822084     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.05.021     Document Type: Article

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