Transcription-generated torsional stress destabilizes nucleosomes

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-94

  Teves, Sheila S ^a,b   Henikoff, Steven ^a,c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84893755427     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2723     Document Type: Article

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