Models of chromosome structure

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 90-95

  Nicodemi, Mario ^a   Pombo, Ana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

BINDING SITE; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURES; CHROMOSOMES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYMERS;

EID: 84899734669     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2014.04.004     Document Type: Review

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