Opening and Closing DNA: Theories on the Nucleosome

DNA Interactions with Polymers and Surfactants

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 173-208

  Kulić, Igor M ^a   Schiessel, Helmut ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nucleosome core particle (NCP); Nucleosome sliding; Nucleosome transcription

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889308053     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470286364.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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