Chromatin as dynamic 10-nm fibers

Chromosoma

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 225-237

  Maeshima, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Imai, Ryosuke ^a,b   Tamura, Sachiko ^a   Nozaki, Tadasu ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENOMIC DNA; POLYMER; CHROMATIN; NUCLEOSOME;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN FIBER; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; FIBER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERPHASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOSIS;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; HUMANS; MITOSIS; NUCLEOSOMES;

EID: 84904172931     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: 14320886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-014-0460-2     Document Type: Review

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