The statistical-mechanics of chromosome conformation capture

Nucleus (United States)

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  O'Sullivan, Justin M ^a   Hendy, Michael D ^b   Pichugina, Tatyana ^a   Wake, Graeme C ^c   Langowski, Jörg ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromosome conformation capture; Chromosome organization; Genome organization; Proximity ligation

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME CONFORMATION CAPTURE; CHROMOSOMES AND CHROMOSOMAL PHENOMENA; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GAME; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BINDING; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; REVIEW; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROXIMITY LIGATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHROMOSOME CONFORMATION CAPTURE; CHROMOSOME ORGANIZATION; GENOME ORGANIZATION; PROXIMITY LIGATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION;

EID: 84887461569     PISSN: 19491034     EISSN: 19491042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/nucl.26513     Document Type: Review

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